Late Life Depression 101: Caring for the Senior Patient with LLD in the Home
This was recorded on 05/09/2023 and the target audience level is Beginner.
The number of older adults who experience depression has been on the rise and the effects of depression on physical health are both well documented and devastating.
Unfortunately, it can be hard to recognize the symptoms of depression in older adults so late life depression is underdiagnosed and undertreated.
Understanding the symptoms and the screening tools for depression is vital for all health care providers that work with our aging population.
Join us as we discuss what depression looks like in older adults, the risk factors to be aware of, the effects of depression on chronic health conditions, strategies for improving detection of late life depression, and options for treating it.
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to describe multiple symptoms of major depressive disorder
- Be able to give examples of multiple screening tools for depression
- Be able to identify trends in late life depression rates
- Be able to identify multiple treatment options for Late Life Depression
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If you have questions about this course please email HOSLDInstructors@AccentCare.com
Presenter Information
Margot Allen (MSW, LCSW-C, APHSW-C)
Regional Director of Patient Experience
Margot is the Regional Director of Patient Experience for Hospice at AccentCare, and has been a medical Social Worker for over 14 years. She began her career with AccentCare as an inpatient hospice social worker, and has a passion for quality end of life care. Margot received her BSW from Alvernia University and her MSW from University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is a Certified Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker.
Brian Connelly (RN, BSN, BHN)
Regional Manager for Behavioral Health Services
Brian has been doing behavioral health nursing for more than 20 years and the people he has cared for span an age range of 6 to 104. In 2010 he began working almost exclusively with older adults struggling with mental health and dementia. In 2014 he took this work out of the hospital setting and into the community when he began working for AccentCare as a Behavioral Health RN case manager, providing behavioral health services to seniors whose physical health limitations were a barrier to accessing services in a traditional setting, training to caregivers so people with dementia could remain in the home, and collaborating with providers and healthcare workers to address the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. As the Regional Manager he is helping to train others on how to provide these services, educating on the behavioral health needs of seniors, providing oversight of the AccentCare behavioral health program in California and Oregon, and working on behavioral health program development, education, and improvement projects as part of AccentCare’s commitment to Reimagine Care.
Accrediting Information
AccentCare #1237 is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period 1/20/22 - 1/20/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.
AccentCare is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider Number: P0355
AccentCare is approved to offer select CME listed on this page via the American Academy of Family Physicians.
AccentCare is approved to offer select Long Term Care Administrator credit listed on this page via the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards.