WyCOA is pleased to again partner with the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center (NW GWEC) to present the NW GWEC-produced Geriatric Healthcare Series. There are 2 annual lecture series: 1) General Geriatrics, 2) Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias offered in Winter and Spring. Each series consists of 10 lectures delivered virtually each week for 10 weeks. The lecture series is designed for healthcare workers in primary care who want to improve the care of older adults, learn about age- and dementia-friendly care, and manage and recognize common geriatric problems. Speakers are topic experts and deliver the most up-to-date, clinically relevant evidence in their lectures.Participants may attend the live virtual lectures or watch the recording on their own.
Series attendees will be provided a certificate of attendance and series background documentation at the end of the series to submit to employers and/or their respective state licensing boards for CE consideration. For more information visit the NW GWEC’s Website.
Schedule:
Jan 9: Age-Friendly Healthcare: Mentation (Emily Trittschuh, PhD)
Jan 16: The Whole Person In Dementia (Stephen Thielke, MD, MS, MA)
Jan 23: Scams Targeting People w/Cognitive Impairment (Page Ulrey, JD and Eileen Alexander, JD)
Jan 30: Mixed Dementia (Angela Hanson, MD)
Feb 6: Development of a Dementia Roadmap (Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD and Lynne Korte, MPH)
Feb 13: Supporting Dementia-Friendly Communities (Marigrace Becker, MSW)
Feb 20: Aging with Serious Mental Illness (Russell Berg, MD, PhD and Clayton English, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, BCGP)
Feb 27: Healthy Brain Aging and Dementia Prevention (Emily Trittschuh, PhD)
MArch 6th:
March 13th:
and more!
Schedule:
Apr 3 Grief and Loss (Wendy Lustbader, MSW)
Apr 10 Social Prescribing/Social Connection (Alan Siegel, MD and Teresa Tam, BA, MAPS)
Apr 17 Assistive/Adaptive Technology (Maria Kelley, OTR/L, ATP)
Apr 24 Elder Health in Indigenous Elders (Jordan “Angun” Lewis, PhD, MSW, CPG)
May 1 Age-Friendly Healthcare: Mobility (Katherine Ritchey, DO, MPH)
May 8 Aging with a Physical Disability (Ivan Molton, PhD)
May 15 Medicare 101 (Tim Smolen, MHSA)
May 22 Communicating Effectively with Older Adults (Karan Dawson, PhD)
May 29 Traumatic Brain Injury (Hilaire Thompson, PhD, ARNP, FAAN)
Jun 5 Depression (Stephen Thielke, MD, MS, MA)
