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Geriatric e-Learning Resources

Geriatric e-Learning Resources

Prescribing Education: How Evidence-Based e-Learning Can Complement Clinical Care for Patients, Family/Friend Care Partners, and Health Care Providers

Sites for the public or family/friend care partners

Simple lessons and helpful resources that allow individuals to learn about all aspects of dementia at their own pace, in their own homes.

Learn about some of the healthy lifestyle behaviours that you can do to reduce your risk of developing dementia.

Consult evidence-based Blog Posts, Web Resource Ratings and Evidence Summaries for trustworthy information about health and social aspects of aging.

Learn about the signs and symptoms of delirium, who is most at risk, and what you can do to help.

Learn about the signs and symptoms of delirium, who is most at risk, and what you can do to help.

In this 15-minute lesson, patients and families learn about the signs and symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, how it's different from normal aging and dementia, as well as the causes, diagnosis and treatments.

Anxiety is common in people of all ages, and for one in four people, anxiety is debilitating. Learn the signs, symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated.

A summary of links for the public and healthcare providers as well as a list of references.

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A fillable PDF to prescribe educational content to your patients.

Download this fillable education prescription pad now!

Sites for health care providers

Expand your knowledge of Dementia

Designed for unregulated care providers such as personal support workers, healthcare aids, care companions, and others working in home, community, or long-term care settings, and health professions trainees

Using person-centered language can have a positive impact on your workplace and help to reduce stigma and discrimination.

Designed for geriatric psychiatry sub-specialty residents, this program is composed of a series of online courses covering core competencies in geriatric psychiatry to complement your training. The program is a multi-university collaboration with courses developed by faculty members across the country. Courses cover a range of topics including approach to assessment; late-life psychosis; depression; dementia; ECT; and others.

Six courses organized into two streams, Managing Opioid Use Disorder and Managing Chronic Pain. Each is comprised of three courses.

A primer on some of the key issues and impacts of climate change that psychiatry residents should know.

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