Presbyterian SeniorCare Network CEU Courses
Managing Stress in Challenging Times
Our CEU offering for social workers and other health care professionals is a 90-minute stress management program designed to introduce changing perspectives on stress and stress management during this unprecedented time. This program is open to all and free of charge. We are excited to offer this presentation by Erin Commendatore of the Work Partners LifeSolutions Employee Assistance Program.
Engaging the Aging™
This CEU is designed to help participants engage positively and compassionately with older adults in multiple ways. This presentation features Jill Yesko, Founder and President of Discover Organizing® and an active member of the National Association of Senior Move Management (NASMM).
Dementia Care Rehabilitation and Innovation
This CEU course is designed to teach participants to recognize the benefits of technology when it comes to dementia care and identify ways to incorporate it into care plans for those living with dementia. Attendees will learn how technology-based engagement can increase overall quality of life and rehabilitation.
Long-Term Care After COVID-19
This CEU offering is designed to help participants gain an understanding of caring for people with disabilities from a legal perspective, and how that has shifted due to COVID-19. Gain an understanding of the nature of comprehensive Eldercare planning, review the integration of many benefits as they apply to long-term care planning and understand the new issues that COVID-19 has produced and how they will affect the long-term care industry.
Pulmonary Diseases: What Are They and How Does Anxiety Affect Them?
This CEU offering is designed to help participants gain an understanding of how anxiety affects those with COPD and reviews strategies for dealing with that anxiety and its side effects. Gain a deeper understanding of what you, your loved one or your patients can do to identify triggers and successfully manage the anxiety that often goes along with a COPD diagnosis.
Everyday Ethics in Social Work Practice
The CEU course focuses on Everyday Ethics in Social Work Practice, and features Ginny Vayda, LCSW – an NASW trainer and the Social Work Executive at a VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania, overseeing the professional practice of more than 60 licensed social workers.
Therapeutic Use of Self – Applying Techniques in a World With Limited Contact
This CEU offering – focused on Applying Techniques In A World With Limited Contact – features Trey Coffman, CTRS CDP, Assistant Administrator at The Willows of Presbyterian SeniorCare Network and as Convener for the network Lifestyle Engagement team.
Health Care Decision Making: Legal Documents and the Myths and Misconceptions of Hospice Care
This CEU course focuses on Health Care Decision Making: Legal Documents and the Myths and Misconceptions of Hospice Care, and features Carl Zacharia, Partner at Zacharia Brown, PC.
Dementia360 – It Takes a Village
This course will help participants learn about how to create the best environment for individuals living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other related dementias. Participants will also learn how to access helpful dementia resources, so that they can become advocates for those living with dementia and their caregivers.
Optimizing End-of-Life Care: The Role of Palliative Care & Hospice
The learning objectives for this session include defining palliative care as a medical specialty, exploring how palliative care differs from hospice care, reviewing eligibility criteria for palliative care, and using palliative scales to assist in identifying a prognosis.
The Benefits of Person-Centered Culture
This course explains the importance of the healthcare professional’s role in developing, maintaining and advancing a person-centered culture. All healthcare professionals play a significant role in developing relationships with the customer and team members.
Death & Dying: A Cross-Cultural Approach
This session – led by Elena Nosal, Director of Clinical Operations at UPMC Family Hospice – focuses on the need for cultural understanding as an integral part of professional practice in healthcare.
Synergy Between Elder Law and Long-Term Care
This CEU features Julian Gray, esq. and Sue Cardello, LSW, and focuses on synergies between elder law and long-term care needs.
Talk Saves Lives: Navigating Suicide Prevention
This CEU focuses on navigating suicide prevention, with special attention on spotting the signs in older adults. The course features Jesse Putkoski, the Area Director of Western Pennsylvania for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Navigating Geriatric Syndromes and Advance Care Planning with Older Adults
This course goes into detail on the diagnosis and management of common geriatric syndromes along with advance care planning with Dr. Lyn Weinberg, M.D., Dr. Anita Chandra, M.D., and Dr. Alison O’Donnell, D.O.
The Family Meeting: A Powerful Communication Tool
This CEU course will help participants gain a better understanding of dementia, with emphasis on how to properly care for someone dealing from memory loss. The featured speaker for the course is Carrie Chiusano – Executive Director, Dementia Care Center of Excellence.
Dementia Care 101 – How Do I Make a Difference?
This CEU course will help participants gain a better understanding of dementia, with emphasis on how to properly care for someone dealing from memory loss. The featured speaker for the course is Carrie Chiusano – Executive Director, Dementia Care Center of Excellence.