Make Your Plan with Dr. Lamb

8 Week Course with lifetime access. Dementia family caregiver, stop feeling uncertain about the unknown. Instead feel prepared, informed, and ready to act confidently, having created a plan for your person’s medical decisions now and into the future.

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Course curriculum

1. Course Overview
1. Module 1 Resources
2. The "Cardinal" Rule
3. Caregiver "Rules" or Guidelines
4. When can you make their medical decisions? - Talking about "capacity"
5. Take action! Your person's Advance Directives
1. Module 2 Resources
2. Module 2 Introduction
3. Legal Planning
4. Financial Planning
5. Mindset Work
6. Gathering Medical History
1. Module 3 Resouces
2. What are goals of care?
3. The 3 Goals of Care Categories
4. Quality of Life and Goals of Care
5. Tipping Points
1. Module 4 Resources
2. Introduction
3. How to Organize your Medical Decision Plan
4. A Framework for Medical Decision Making
5. Checking in to Reassess your Plan
1. Module 5 Resources
2. Introduction
3. Head Injuries
4. Hip and Pelvic Fractures
5. Rib Fractures
6. Spine Fractures
7. Skin Injuries
8. Upper Extremities
9. Pneumonia
10. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
11. Skin Infections
12. Failure of Antibiotics
13. Malnutrition and Dehydration
14. Constipation
15. Swallowing Issues
16. Mobility Issues
17. Delirium
18. Behavioral Issues
19. Overview
1. Module 6 Resources
2. Start Here - Determining the Lessons to Focus On
3. TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack aka "Mini Stroke") vs Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)
4. How we Diagnose Stroke
5. Treatment of Bleeding Stroke (Hemorrhagic)
6. Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
7. TPA and Issues after a Stroke
8. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
9. Abdominal Emergencies
10. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
11. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
12. Treatment of COPD
13. Syncope
14. Non Life Threatening Syncope Treatment
15. Heart Conditions: How the Heart Works
16. "Electrical" Issues: Pacemakers and Defibrillators
17. "Electrical" Issues: Atrial Fibrillation
18. "Pump" Issues: CHF
19. "Pump" Issues: Treatment of CHF
20. "Pump" Issues: Pulmonary Embolism (Blood Clot in the Lungs)
21. "Plumbing" Issues: Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection
22. "Plumbing" Issues: CAD
23. "Plumbing" Issues: Treatment of Heart attack
1. Module 7 Resources
2. Introduction
3. Code Status
4. Sepsis
5. Pressors
6. Healthcare Worker Bias
7. Intubation and ICU Care
8. Sedation
9. Trauma and Critical Illness
10. Respiratory Failure
1. Module 8 Resources
2. Introduction
3. Medical Order Forms
4. The DNR and CPR
5. The POLST Form
6. MOLST Form DNR Section
7. MOLST Form after the DNR Section
8. Palliative and Hospice Care
9. Pharmacists & Medications
10. Fall Prevention Tips
11. Delirium Prevention
1. Epistaxis Part 1
2. Epistaxis Part 2
3. Kidney Stones
4. Hypertension
5. National POLST Form Background Info
6. Full Treatment Goal of Care National POLST
7. Some but not all Goal of Care National POLST
8. Comfort Goal Of Care National POLST

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$397.00
93 lessons
13.5 hours of video content

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Course curriculum

Welcome Caregivers

Module 1 Your Role as Medical Decision Maker

Module 2 Before you Make your Medical Decision Plan

Module 3 Goals of Care Now and Into the Future

Module 4 Beginning Your Medical Decision Plan

Module 5 Common Medical Issues in Dementia

Module 6 Emergencies As We Age

Module 7 Treatments with a focus on "critical care"

Module 8 Tools to Use to Advocate

Bonus Module

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