Ethical Practice in Aging Care

Name: Ethical Practice in Aging Care
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (6415 reviews)

Course: #8755Level: Introductory 1 Hour 6415 Reviews

As healthcare and reimbursement are changing, therapists often find themselves facing questions of ethics when working with clients who are aging. This course will review the principles of bioethics and how they apply to SLPs working with aging adults. Decision-making scenarios will be presented and discussed for application of knowledge.

Ethics Neuro/Cognition/TBI (Adult)

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify major principles of bioethics and how they apply to clinical practice.
After this course, participants will be able to explain each principle of bioethics in order to apply them to the practice of speech-language pathology.
After this course, participants will be able describe how to apply ethical principles to everyday practice situations.

Course created on February 26, 2019

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	History of bioethics
10-20 Minutes	Principles of bioethics
20-40 Minutes	Ethics and aging
40-55 Minutes	Interactive case studies
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Amber B. Heape
ClinScD CCC-SLP, CDP

Dr. Amber Heape is a clinical specialist for a large healthcare company where she focuses on clinical education, mentoring, coaching for effective documentation, and developing clinical programs. She is an adjunct professor of masters and doctoral level courses in speech-language pathology and has presented continuing education courses across the United States. Dr. Heape is a Certified Dementia Practitioner, and advocates for quality services with aging adults.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Amber Heape was paid an honorarium for this presentation by SpeechPathology.com. Non-financial: Amber Heape is a certified Dementia Practitioner. She is the State Advocate for Medicare Policy representative for South Carolina.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Introductory Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs

California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1 hours of continuing education credit for speech-language pathologists as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com are not included in the self-study limit under California professional development guidelines.

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Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

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