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Includes one complimentary Continuing Education (CE) credit.
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Research on frailty has exploded in the last two decades, and it is accelerating. Attendees to this webinar will learn a more refined, clinical definition of frailty so they can support changes that improve the quality of life for their clients. The webinar presents practical, validated interventions to increase robustness, improve nutrition, and promote cognitive health. Because lasting change must come from within, the webinar will demonstrate how to elicit a client’s values and internal strength through the Stages of Change model and Motivational Interviewing.

Participants in this webinar will be able to:

• describe how frailty differs from normal aging,
• select a validated tool to assess frailty,
• educate clients and their families on the most helpful interventions for frailty,
• and use Stages of Change models and Motivational Interviewing to help clients adopt interventions to reduce frailty.

Presenters:

Sherri Gerber-Somers, LMSW, is senior manager of the Social Care Department at Best Buy Health and brings more than 30 years of progressive clinical and macro social work experience with vulnerable populations across various settings. She leads a team of BSWs and MSWs and is responsible for protocol development, engagement strategies, data collection and utilization, and staff supervision. Sherri also is responsible for initiating relationships with local universities and developing the social care internship program for Best Buy Health.