About this course
Psychosocial and cognitive needs of older adults for home health aides. Learn how normal aging changes the body, mind, and mood; how to tell typical aging from signs of dementia, and why sudden confusion must be reported right away; what people need at every level, from meals to meaning; how loneliness, loss, and depression show up in a homebound client; and how to support independence, choice, culture, family relationships, privacy, and property in the client's home while reporting changes to your RN supervisor.