About the Presenters
Facilitator – Meredith Bailey LCSW
Meredith received her MSW from LSU in 1979. Studies focused on clinical issues with a specialization in family and group work. She spent the early part of her career working with families and children. After a three year focus on adult psychiatric issues, she moved into a new area working with older adults, first as an outpatient therapist and then as an inpatient social worker on a geriatric specific unit. She then supervised the growth of an outpatient geriatric program for 3 years. She was promoted to a Regional Manager position where she supervised and developed programs serving the elderly population. Currently she is working with the Timberlawn Mental Health System educating the community about the services offered on 20 bed S.A.G.E. (Seniors aging gracefully everyday) unit at the hospital.
About the Program
This presentation will provide a framework from which the practitioner can assist the client in planning appropriate care for the aging parent. Psychiatric symptom presentation in the older patient will also be reviewed.
Program Goals
- Identify the scope of the problem of adult children caring for elderly parents.
- Identify how psychiatric conditions complicate the care giving issues.
- Review how psychiatric symptoms present in the older adult.
- Review risk factors for suicide in the elderly
- Utilize a simplified assessment tool to assist the client in identifying needed services and/or information for planning purposes.
- Identify community resources available for the older adult.
Participants will have a chance to ask questions.
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