Geriatric Health Issues
By: Institute for Continuing Education

Course will cover:

• Geriatric syndromes and conditions
  • Risk Factors
  • Causes
  • Signs
  • Symptoms
  • Differential diagnoses
  • Treatment strategies
    • Cranial adjusting
    • Soft tissue techniques
• SOT and other techniques

• Preventive strategies

• Pathophysiology in common diseases of the elderly
  • Role of cerebral cortex
  • Alzheimers and other dementia
• Demography, physiology and epidemiology of aging
  • Aging on a cellular level
  • Normal aging vs. disease – molecular, cellular levels
  • Pharmacology of aging
• Nutrition and aging
  • Nutritional regimens
    • Negate effects of aging or improve disease symptoms
    • Peroxidation on tissue

• Anti-oxidation

• Use of oils for cardiac health

• Psychosocial issues of aging
  • Role of seniors in society
  • Changing perceptions
  • Language of aging
  • Retirement
  • Anxiety
  • Substance abuse
  • Sexuality and aging
  • Under-reporting of symptoms/illness
  • Elder abuse or neglect
  • Home safety
  • Community resources
  • Alternate living arrangements and adaptation to them

• Geriatric Health Issues
• By:    Institute for Continuing Education
• Instructor:    Arthur Feintuch, DC, DAAPM
• Total CE Hours:    3
• Course Format:     Live Webinar
• Course Start:    05/14/2025   06:00pm
• Course End:    05/14/2025   09:00pm
• Time Zone:    Eastern
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• Course Categories:     DC Continuing Education
• Course Subjects | CE HOURS:
  • Geriatrics  -3 CE Hours