Course Description

Florida Statute 429.02 Define “Aging in place as the process of providing increased or adjusted services to a person to compensate for the physical or mental decline that may occur with the aging process, in order to maximize the person’s dignity and independence and permit them to remain in a familiar, no institutional, residential environment for as long as possible”. With that being said, it can become very challenging when caring for the frail elderly and disable populace. As one advance in age, some older people will develop weakness, changes in health, and disable, which is a combined effect of the ageing process and health experiences as well as chronic diseases.

Upon completion of this course the learner will be granted 3 hours of continuous educations.


Populations: ALF Administrators, Adult Family Home Providers, Nurses and employees. 




Instructor

April McCormick

April is a native Floridian. She received a master’ degree in nursing with a concentration in advanced practice nursing from South University from Savannah, Georgia in 2012. Over the past 17 years her passion as a Nurse educator and preceptor has employed her the provided enjoyment of empowering patients, families, students, and the community at large in various of health topics. In 2016 she attended St Petersburg College in Florida and completed her Funeral Arts Certificate. April is currently interning with Fuller’ Brother Funeral Home as a Funeral Director Intern. With the amassed skills and knowledge it has allowed April to educate her students in multiple areas of studies. Her love for learning has afforded her the ability to create an environment for learning and design an institution for training former and new nurses in care practices inside the Healthcare Center she directs. She enjoys mentoring up and coming nurses who share the same passion for advancing knowledge and promoting quality of life in the healthcare arena.For over 13 years April has championed the cause of raising awareness of advance assessment and disease management, among multicultural adults with multiple health disparities. April has worked in the demanding capacity of a Utilization Review Liaison in Broward County hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities in the areas of acute rehabilitation for over 20 years. This level of experience and love for healthcare has extended itself to writing training manuals and instructing group and private educational training in healthcare administration, nurse care, geriatric, parish nurse, and etcetera for the last 15 + years. April was instrumental for addressing and educating ecumenical personal and parishioners first hand on nutritional and medical assessments that prolongs life and advances quality care for over 16 years. The Parish Nurse community news which provides healthcare facts, tidbits and scientific based research promoting quality care, continues to thrive as it continues to promote medical care advocacy in high-at-risk communities of color.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Objectives

    • Introduction

    • Vulnerable and Frail Syndrome

    • Health Ailments

    • Question?

    • Fragility Scale

    • Benefits: Physical and Mental Activities

    • Sum It Up!

    • Reference