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

This course provides an overview of the prevalence, causes and risk factors of the disease.

This course provides an overview of the types, causes, risk factors, and treatments of and for dementia.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects memory.

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

This course provides an overview of how aging affects mobility, including risk factors, complications and dangers of immobility, and details how therapeutic activities can lessen mobility problems. 

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

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

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

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

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.