COPSA: Mental Health and Older Adults: Motivating Change, Navigating Challenges and Strengthening Self-Care

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 10:30 AM - Thursday, June 8, 2023, 12:00 PM, Virtual training, link to be distributed

1. Cover common mental health issues in aging, supports for dealing with challenges including mental health crisis, and strategies for professionals on motivating older adults for change.
2. Provide education on behavioral disturbances in dementia, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, coaching techniques to empower caregivers dealing with challenging behaviors of loved ones, communication techniques, problem solving skills for crisis management and self-care planning for family and professional caregivers when dealing with challenging behaviors.

COPSA presents: Mental Health and Older Adults: Motivating Change, Navigating Challenges and Strengthening Self-Care (VIRTUAL)

In support of improving patient care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nurses: This activity is awarded 3.0 contact hours (60 min CH). 

Social Workers (The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners):  This program is approved for social work continuing education hours by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care in accordance with New Jersey administrative code 13:44G-6.4 and recognized by The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners.  This program is approved for 3.0 clinical continuing education hours.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program: Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 general continuing education credits.

 Certified Counselors:  Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6198.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. (3.0 Clock Hours)

 

Peer Review Statement
In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, and fair balance, and to ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public, RBHS has resolved all potential and real conflicts of interest through content review by non-conflicted, qualified reviewers. This activity was peer-reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, and balance of presentation by: Stephanie Marcello PhD, Laura Burns, LCSW, AND Therese Saulo Reseska, LPC, LCADC, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

Disclosure: In accordance with the disclosure policies of Rutgers and to conform with Joint Accreditation requirements and FDA guidelines, individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity are required to disclose to the activity participants: the existence of any relevant financial relationship with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, with the exemption of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies, within the past 24 months; and the identification of a commercial product/device that is unlabeled for use or an investigational use of a product/device that is not yet approved.

Faculty
The following faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclosure:

Mary Catherine Lundquist, MDiv and Michelle Zechner, PhD, LSW, CPRP.

Peer Reviewers
Laura Burns, LCSW; Stephanie Marcello, PhD; Michele Miller, MSN, RN; Therese Saulo Reseska, LPC, LCADC; Margaret Swarbrick, PhD, FAOTA and Patricia Nemec, PsyD have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Planners
The following planners have no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

Mary Catherine Lundquist, MDiv and Michelle Zechner, PhD, LSW, CPRP.

Off-Label/Investigational Use Disclosure: Faculty are required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses of commercial products/devices in their presentation. These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity.

Content Disclaimer: The views expressed in this activity are those of the faculty. It should not be inferred or assumed that they are expressing the views of any manufacturer of pharmaceuticals or devices of Rutgers University RBHS and UBHC .

It should be noted that the recommendations made herein with regard to the use of therapeutic agents, varying disease states, and assessments of risk, are based upon a combination of clinical trials, current guidelines, and the clinical practice experience of the participating presenters. The drug selection and dosage information presented in this activity are believed to be accurate. However, participants are urged to consult all available data on products or procedures before using them in clinical practice.

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Questions: Please direct content, CE-related or technical questions or concerns to Rutgers UBHC (CCE) by email at [email protected].

ANCC Contact Hours (3.00 hours), ASWB ACE Credit (3.00 hours), General Attendance (3.00 hours), Social Worker: NJBSWE CE Credits (3.00 hours)

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All individuals who affect the content of continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the activity. The activity faculty are further required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses in their presentations.   These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity. There is no commercial support for this activity.