This webinar will present valuable information to professionals working with families who have an elderly relative. Participants will learn practical methods to identify and analyze ethical dilemmas arising in the care of older adults. The principles of ethics and ethics theory will be discussed as well as moral issues surrounding topics such as: decision-making capacity, informed consent, surrogacy issues, advance directives, promising comfort and care, withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment, and the role of ethics committees. [Required for Advanced Gerontology or Senior Housing Issues or Senior Services Management Certificate Program].<br> <p>*This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.
Ethical Dilemmas in Working with Older Adults
10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET
Live Interactive Online Webinar
$60.00
Stephen Sidorsky, LCSW
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 Ethics
Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Recognize and understand the cultural, technological, and political developments over the past 75 years that have led to an increased focus on ethical issues in social work with older adults and their families
Differentiate between risk management and ethical behavior in social work practice
Achieve an understanding of ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence, justice, truth and utility and their applications
Apply several working models of ethical decision making to cases of older adults and their families
Audience
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals