Aging Process and Disabilities
The presenter will analyze how normal aging involves complex physiologic and psychologic changes throughout the body, which although predictable across populations are experienced in less homogenous ways by individuals. Unlike cognitive disability, normal aging allows preservation of cognitive function and independence, without eventual incapacity. However, in cognitive disability of neurologic, cognitive, and psychiatric causes, there is a high degree of variability in long-term outcomes. The presenter will explore normal aging versus cognitive disability, the prognoses of common cognitive disabilities, the treatments and supports needed to achieve optimal outcomes, and the likelihood of capacity restoration with guardianship reversal. After completing this session, attendees will be better able to recognize normal and abnormal aging, anticipate long-term courses of common causes of incapacity and guardianship, and maximize a person’s opportunities for independent function and capacity restoration.
Credit:
2.0 CEU
Cost:
Members - $40
Non-Members - $60
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Instructors
Dr. Julia Hiner
Dr. Julia Hiner, MD, is an assistant professor and clinical physician of Geriatric Medicine at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She completed degrees in Biology and Psychology at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas before attending medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Christiana Care in Newark, Delaware, and her fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hiner has loved taking care of older adults since her medical school years. Subsequently, that love has grown into her career’s passion. She especially enjoys taking care of vulnerable populations, dedicating her time to adults who have been mistreated, neglected, and exploited. She partners with the Forensic Assessment Center Network and the Senior Justice Assessment Center conducting capacity assessments and medical / forensic case reviews primarily. She is a community expert in adult mistreatment and incapacity. She leads hands-on training opportunities for healthcare professionals in mistreatment and incapacity, via collaborative creation of learning modules, presentations, workshops, curriculum, journal publications, and formal training programs to increase knowledge of mistreatment and incapacity.