This module uses a patient case to explore the anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology behind the patient’s atypical presentation, and how to best manage such a patient.

Critical Topics in Elder Mistreatment Module 2 – This module will provide a brief overview of caregiver burden among those caring for older adults, including how this issue relates to the problem of elder mistreatment.

This module explores delirium, dementia, and depression in older adults in the ED, and best practices for screening, assessment, and management.

Critical Topics in Elder Mistreatment Module 3 – This module will provide a brief overview of decision-making capacity among older adults within the health care context, including how it relates to the problem of elder mistreatment.

Critical Topics in Elder Mistreatment Module 4 – This module will provide a brief overview of delirium, dementia, and depression among older adults, including how each condition relates to the problem of elder mistreatment.

This module explores an approach to the management of the routine patient who has fallen, and what constitutes an adequate ED work-up of the first-time or frequent faller.

This module looks at trajectories of disease, prognosis, goals of care discussions, and best practices in symptom management, including pain, relevant to the ED.

Critical Topics in Elder Mistreatment Module 1 – This module will provide a brief overview of falls and medications among older adults, including how each issue relates to the problem of elder mistreatment.

This module explores the concept and definitions of frailty and its clinical implication. It presents tools for screening for frailty and highlights discharge planning and frailty prevention in older ED patients.

This module follows three patients to the Emergency Department – all straightforward on the face of things, but complex once you dig deeper. We suggest a framework, some tools, and strategies for assessing ALL the components of their presentations. And we suggest some best practices for the most complicated of transitions – ED to nursing home.

Module 1 of the Elder Mistreatment Toolkit Training – This module introduces key concepts in elder mistreatment and how the EMED toolkit is designed to address these in the emergency department.

Critical Topics in Elder Mistreatment Module 5 – This module will provide a brief overview of the field of forensic nursing, with a focus on some important ways it can inform elder mistreatment screening and response.