THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF AGING AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS (CSCSA)
Presents a One-day Conference
Confronting the Complexities of Aging:
What We All Need to Know
Faculty: Irene Jackson-Brown, Venus Masselam, Yara Moustafa, Judith Peres, George Saiger, Margo Silberstein
Sunday, January 21, 2024
9:00 am – 5:30 pm ET
(6 CME/CE Credits)
A Virtual Zoom Event
Program Description:
We know that older adults represent an increasingly large demographic. This is an opportunity for clinicians and anyone who works in the field of aging, anyone who is interested in aging issues, and anyone personally caring for an aging loved one.
The design for the day will include both interactive and didactic segments and facilitated discussion.
Presentations will include adult developmental psychology, as well as the medical and sociocultural influences on aging. The conference will also address why and how psychotherapy with older adults belongs in the toolbox of everyone who confronts aging as a “carer.”
The program will enlighten and provide important knowledge and skills to better serve aging adults in a wide range of settings – home, senior living community, hospital, nursing home, senior center, to cite just a few.
Who should attend?
The program is extended to members of the New Washington School of Psychiatry and all organizations counting among its membership psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed counselors, mental health students, and other mental health providers who are interested in psychodynamic theory, practice and perspectives.
Agenda:
SESSION #1 THE AGING PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW
- Developmental psychology (Venus Masselam)
- Medical geriatrics (George Saiger)
- Grief and loss (Judy Peres)
SESSION #2 WHAT TO DO ABOUT AGING? WORKING WITH OLDER ADULT POPULATIONS
- Social and economic parameters of care; governmental regulations, stigma (Judy Peres)
- Cultural Complexity (Irene Jackson-Brown)
- Psychotherapies (George Saiger)
- Managing end of life care: Palliative care/ Compassionate Choices/Assisted dying (Yara Moustafa)
SESSION #3 “WHOSE SHOES ARE YOU IN?”
- Using sociodrama, scene selection and role identification (Margo Silberstein)
- Planning for future learning (Margo Silberstein)
Objectives:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the Aging Adult Stage and its three phases;
- Discuss medical issues of the Aging Adult Stage;
- Identify three reasons why psychotherapy may be beneficial to Aging Adults;
- Identify ruptures occurring from cultural complexity in the caregiving relationship and interventions to bridge them;
- Describe how grief may manifest itself in Aging Adults and cite interventions that can assist with process of grieving;
- Define palliative care and identify the challenges of serious illness near end-of-life.
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Pre-registration is required via NewWSP website: https://nwsp.wildapricot.org/event-5526779
For registration assistance, contact NewWSP at +1 (858) 270-3503 or admin@newwsp.org.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET.
ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
Registrants will receive a ZOOM link prior to the conference.
Click here for Accreditation Statement and AMEDCO Continuing Education Certification.
