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This course provides an overview of how aging affects memory.

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This course is the first in a series of courses that examines the aging process and its effects on the human body.

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This course reviews the relationship between aging and stroke.

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This course will explain how the aging process contributes to changes in the cardiovascular system.

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This course will explain how the aging process contributes to chronic kidney disease.

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Managing diabetes in the elderly presents many challenges. This course provides an overview of those challenges and how they can be met.

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This course provides an overview of the causes and risk factors, signs and symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly population.

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This course provides an overview of ethnogeriatrics which is the influence of ethnicity and culture on the health and well-being of older adults.

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While effective communication should be a focus of home medical equipment specialists with all ages of patients, special attention should be paid to working with older adults as an increase in age can bring about medical conditions that may require more patience and an adjustment in how one provides and receives medical information. This course includes tips on how to better facilitate communication with older adult populations.

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This course reviews the effects, causes and treatment options of sleep disorders among the elderly population.

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Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

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Este curso provee información sobre la tuberculosis (TB) que todos los proveedores del cuidado de la salud deberían saber.

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Las instalaciones del cuidado de la salud deben proporcionar un entorno positivo y libre de discriminación para todos los empleados. Learn More

This course contains information about the prevalence and results of falls, and provides information that HME providers can share with their older clients to minimize the risk of falling.

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Los incendios y las explosiones en el lugar de trabajo matan a cientos y lesionan a miles de trabajadores cada año. Este curso discute el uso de los extintores de incendio portátiles y los sistemas de extinción de incendios fijos en el lugar de trabajo. Este curso se combina con los cursos: “SAFE017 - Desarrollando un plan de acción de emergencia” y “SAFE018 – Desarrollando un plan de prevención de incendios” para ofrecerle un programa de entrenamiento extenso para preparación contra emergencias.

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This course provides some effective approaches to selling to an ever-growing market of Americans: seniors, those 60 years of age and older.

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Aunque la comunicación efectiva debe ser un enfoque para los especialistas de equipamiento médico a domicilio con pacientes de todas las edades, debe prestarse especial atención al trabajar con adultos mayores, ya que un aumento en la edad puede provocar condiciones médicas que requieran más paciencia y un ajuste en cómo uno provee y recibe información médica. Este curso incluye consejos sobre cómo facilitar mejor la comunicación con las poblaciones de adultos mayores.

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Disease management is one approach that aims to provide better care while reducing the costs of caring for the chronically ill. This course was provided by the Center on an Aging Society.

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Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density of bone is reduced, increasing the risk of fracture. Around the world, osteoporosis affects one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50. This course examines this serious world-wide health problem.

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This course examines the relationship between diabetes and depression among the elderly population.

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This course introduces the biller to the intake process. It offers suggestions to help make the process more efficient and effective to reduce delays and denials.

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This course provides an overview of the endocrine system including a discussion of the major disorders that can affect it.

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