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Important information for licensees: Always check your state’s board website to determine the number of hours required for renewal, and the amount that may be completed through home-study. Also, make sure that you notify the board of any changes of address. It is important that your most current address is on file. See Customer Information Page 83 for board contact information. SocialWork.EliteCME.com Page i Table of Contents CE for Colorado Mental Health Professionals All 20 Hrs ONLY CHAPTER 1: ELDERLY ABUSE IN AMERICA: PREVALENCE, $ ETIOLOGY AND PREVENTION Page 1 45 Upon completion of this course you will identify five warning signs that may indicate elderly abuse, describe the prevalence of elder abuse, including gender and age, understand the scope and severity categories of deficiency citations and list three current trends in nursing home reform. What if I Still Have Elderly Abuse in America: Prevalence, Etiology and Prevention Questions? Final Exam Page 21 No problem, we have several options for you to choose from! CHAPTER 2: ETHICS AND BOUNDARIES Page 22 Online at SocialWork.EliteCME. com you will see our robust FAQ section that answers many of This course will help you understand the importance of professional values and ethics your questions, simply click FAQ in mental health practice, recognize and distinguish between problematic and non- in the upper right hand corner or problematic boundary issues in mental health practice and understand the impact of technology on mental health practice and the unique responsibilities that are included. Email us at [email protected] or call us toll free at 1-866-653- Ethics and Boundaries Final Exam Page 35 2119, Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, EST. CHAPTER 3: INTERNET ADDICTION TO CYBERSEX AND GAMBLING: Visit SocialWork.EliteCME.com ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Page 36 to view our entire course library Upon completion of this course you will be able to identify factors that may lead to the and get your CE today! development of an Internet addiction, understand pharmacological and psychotherapy treatments that have proven effective for treating Internet sexual and gambling addictions and identify prevalence rates of Internet addiction by age, gender and socioeconomic PLUS... variables. Lowest Price Guaranteed A+ Rating from BBB Internet Addiction to Cybersex and Gambling: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment Final Exam Page 66 Serving Professionals Since 1999 Elite Continuing Education All Rights Reserved. Materials may not be reproduced without the expressed written permission or consent of Elite Professional Education, LLC. 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Page ii SocialWork.EliteCME.com Table of Contents CE for Colorado Mental Health Professionals All 20 Hrs ONLY CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING ENABLING BEHAVIOR $ AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT Page 68 45 This course will define and research codependency, review and explain the various family dynamics related to enabling behavior, explain the different techniques to address and stop enabling behavior and discover the various elements of confrontation and how to use them. Want more courses to Understanding Enabling Behavior and How to Address It Final Exam Page 82 choose from? Student Final Exam Answer Sheet Page 84 No problem! 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Elite Professional Education, LLC recommends that you consult a medical, legal or professional services expert licensed in your state. Elite Professional Education, LLC has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that all content provided in this course is accurate and up to date at the time of printing, but does not represent or warrant that it will apply to your situation or circumstances and assumes no liability from reliance on these materials. SocialWork.EliteCME.com Page iii Chapter 1: Elderly Abuse in America: Prevalence, Etiology and Prevention 5 CE Hours By: Deborah Converse, MA, NBCT with Kathryn Brohl, MA, LMFT Learning objectives Identify five warning signs that may indicate elderly abuse. Define five resident rights included in the Nursing Home Reform Act. List and describe five forms of elder abuse. Explain the scope and severity categories of deficiency citations. Describe the prevalence of elder abuse, including gender and age. Describe five strategies that can be used to prevent elder abuse. Discuss five facility regulations included in the Nursing Home Discuss three current trends in nursing home reform. Reform Act. Introduction Elderly mistreatment and care are critical and troubling areas in Researchers note there are different definitions for elder abuse, America, with state and federal governments spending far less on and there is no “gold standard” test for abuse and neglect (Dyer et research and prevention compared with peer nations. On October al., 2003). Those working with elders who have been abused and 21, 2011, the media reported plans to cut Medicaid benefits further, neglected must rely on forensic markers. This presents a problem affecting millions of aging Americans. As baby boomers continue because adult protective services agencies and physicians are not to age, this becomes an even more pressing problem. The over-65 trained to distinguish between injuries caused by mistreatment and population of 39.6 million in 2009 will grow to 78 million in 2040, those that are the result of accident, illness or aging. according to the U.S. Census Bureau (Daschle, 2008). Though the rate Adding to the difficulty in diagnosis is that many elderly individuals of disability among the elderly has declined, life expectancy continues suffer from diseases and conditions that produce symptoms that mirror to rise. The number of cases of elderly mistreatment will undoubtedly those resulting from abuse. Because these symptoms may mask or rise over the next several decades as the population ages. mimic indicators of mistreatment, their presence does not send up a The National Academy of Sciences published an extensive panel red flag for physicians or medical examiners determining cause of review of mistreatment of the elderly in 2002.