Formerly titled: Growing Old Together: Aging and Family Caregiving. Families have always been the primary caregivers for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) throughout their lives. In the U.S. today, over 75% of adults with I/DD live with their families: this means there are nearly one million households in which an adult with I/DD is living with a caregiver/caregivers over the age of 60. While we will look at generalities of age-related changes in people with IDD, particular attention will be paid in this webinar to the cumulative impact of a shared aging trajectory between many adults with I/DD, their family members, and the workforce of paid caregivers. [Required for Developmental Disabilities Certificate Program]
The Realities of Growing Old Together for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers
10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET
Live Interactive Online Webinar
$60.00
Margaret Gilbride, JD, CT
To earn CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
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3.0 General
Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Summarize the aging population trends of people with I/DD, their family members, and the paid caregiver workforce as well as the collective impact these shared trajectories will have on family, healthcare and other systems
Differentiate categories of caregiving (simple, compound, multiple compound) and personal, fiscal, and societal ramifications of each
Apply principles and practices of person-centered planning and supported choice-making to residential, healthcare, end-of-life decisions faced by adults with IDD and their caregivers as they age
Audience
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals