BRAND NEW FREE CE Webinar “Helping Those Who Cannot or Will Not Help Themselves: Ethical Challenges for Helping Professionals” (ethics)

Join Jennifer Ghorley, JD as she presents “Helping Those Who Cannot or Will Not Help Themselves: Ethical Challenges for Helping Professionals.”  Unique challenges exist at the intersection of ethical decision-making and geriatric care. Even though we have clear ethical principles, the messy realities of patients and families often leave helping professionals questioning the best course of action. Does your patient have the right to discharge themselves AMA? Should you advise a psychiatric hold for a dementia patient who is abusive to their spousal caregiver? Through case studies we will explore issues related to self-harm (including refusal of care, nutrition, and medication), unidentified long- term mental health issues and its impact on aging as well as aggressive behaviors and options for families and professionals