Webinar: How Primary Care Providers Can Help Prevent Elder Suicide
8/22/2022
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Posted by Provider Relations
Fidelis Care, in collaboration with Centene Corporation and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU), is pleased to offer our providers an opportunity to attend a virtual suicide prevention training at no cost. This live webinar on September 27, 2022, focuses on addressing suicide risk in geriatric populations. Please see registration information and further details below.
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/acuprevention
Date and time: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 1:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
Elderly individuals are the greatest risk for completed suicide of all age groups in the United States, and in 2020, 25 people over the age of 65 died by suicide every day. Furthermore, geriatric depression and suicide risk often go under-identified and treated in primary care. However, primary care providers working with elderly patients at health centers and elsewhere have vital opportunities to intervene, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved has developed a new geriatric suicide prevention toolkit to help.
Join our webinar with Dr. Virna Little, nationally known suicide prevention expert and Zero Suicide faculty member, to gain an understanding of unique factors in geriatric suicide and depression and how providers can act for prevention. Drawing on our new publication, the webinar will also detail common warning signs and risk factors and detail effective geriatric suicide prevention practices and evidence-based interviews.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide an overview of geriatric suicide, the role of geriatric depression, and why primary care providers can play important roles in prevention.
- Discuss common risk factors and warning signs.
- Describe screening tools, clinical pathways, and evidence-based interventions for geriatric suicide prevention.
Presenter:
Dr. Virna Little, PSyD, LCSW-r, SAP, CCM, Chief Clinical Officer and Co-Founder of Concert Health, Co-Founder of Zero Overdose
This webinar is made possible by the generous support of the Centene Corporation and draws from resources developed by ACU in partnership with Concert Health.