Caregiving for Aging Parents: Your Stress & Quality of Life

Learn essential caregiving skills for older adults, covering health concerns, myths vs. facts, and resources to ease stress and enhance successful aging.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about getting real with caregiving for older adults. You’ll learn important stuff like what successful aging means, how to handle stress, and the resources available. Plus, you'll discover the truth behind common myths about aging. It's super helpful if you’re in this tough but rewarding role!

Key Points

  • Understanding caregiving for older adults
  • Distinguishing myths from facts about aging
  • Defining what successful aging looks like
  • Identifying physical and mental health issues
  • Managing caregiver stress and rewards
  • Exploring professional resources and assessments
  • Legal and financial planning concerns

Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a solid understanding of myths vs. facts in elderly care
  • Learn how to identify health concerns affecting older adults
  • Develop strategies to balance work and caregiving responsibilities
  • Explore different living arrangements for seniors
  • Become familiar with legal and financial planning for caregiving

About This Course

Knowledge that will help to reduce surprises and the stress associated with caring for parents, later life, and housing.

This course focuses on the basic questions about caregiving to older adults. You will learn facts about the 65 and over population. This product is organized with Content, Objective tests, and Exercises that place you in the position of a caregiver. Animated Engagement scenarios featuring the Ayudar family illustrate the central theme of each module.

  • Distinguish between myths and facts of older adults

  • Define successful aging

  • Identify physical health issues in aging

  • Identify mental health and cognitive concerns in aging

  • Negotiate a balance between work and caregiving

  • Construct a balance between caregiver stress and rewards

  • Arrange for professional assessments and caregiver resources

  • Identify family issues involved in consumer-directed and community-directed care

  • Identify legal and financial planning concerns

  • Explore different living arrangements

Take this course if you desire a systematic introduction to the caregiving responsibility. Over 34.2 million adult American provide unpaid care to an adult 50 or older for an economic value north of $237 billion.

If you are a caregiver, you are not alone. This course will provide you with the information you need to know the resources available to you and your care recipient. Also, learn about the health concerns that you should be concerned about as your care recipient ages. If you are interested in gerontology, this course will get you up to date on the latest statistics and projections concerning elder care in the United States. If you are aging, you will find the outline of a road map for successful aging including social, mental, and physical exercise.

  • Distinguish between myths and facts of older adults

  • Define successful aging

  • Identify physical health issues in aging

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MAWMedia Group, LLC

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MAWMedia Group, LLC is a skilled instructor known for providing valuable insights and expert guidance to learners seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills.

Instructors

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Michael A Wright

Instructor

Michael A Wright is a skilled instructor known for providing valuable insights and expert guidance to learners seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills.

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Krishan Daniel Rutnam
Krishan D. R.
5.0
8 months ago

Good

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ui-avatar of Ronshay Cole
Ronshay C.
4.5
9 months ago

The content was clear to understand.

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ui-avatar of Shannon Graham
Shannon G.
5.0
9 months ago

I like that It tells me what sections I need to work on so that I can retake the exam

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ui-avatar of Jonas Owusu
Jonas O.
4.5
9 months ago

I HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN HELPING THE ADULT .

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ui-avatar of Rhiannon Siegmann
Rhiannon S.
1.5
9 months ago

Very dry commentary

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ui-avatar of Michelle Fortunato
Michelle F.
5.0
9 months ago

great learning tools

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ui-avatar of Melanie Frazier
Melanie F.
5.0
9 months ago

I thought this provided excellent and eye opening statistics on the current state of the senior population and gives a good overview of common expectations with the aging experience.

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ui-avatar of Getrude Jeruto
Getrude J.
5.0
1 year ago

I am taking care of my elderly parents and want to learn more

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ui-avatar of Kaytelynn Alsup
Kaytelynn A.
4.0
1 year ago

educational and about what I had expected. thanks

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ui-avatar of Michael Maurice Johnson
Michael M. J.
4.5
1 year ago

Good

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