Continuing Education

At Institute on Aging, we believe that education is a vital component to understanding and influencing key issues affecting older adults. Drawing on our experience of providing services to Bay Area seniors for over two decades, IOA is pleased to share our knowledge in the field of aging. The IOA Education Department provides numerous professional trainings, seminars, and continuing education (CEU) opportunities each year. Additionally, our experts are available by request to present to groups on a wide variety of topics related to aging.

Discovering Secrets of the Aging Mind Seminar Series

In 2007/2008 IOA launched Discovering Secrets of the Aging Mind, a highly regarded and very well-attended series of educational programs intended to give participants a better understanding of how to recognize and deal with organic brain diseases, and with the mental health issues that affect the behavior and ultimately the quality of life of older adults. Program topics included:

• (11/15/07) Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Advances and Issues
• (1/24/08) Mental Illness and Aging: Difficult Behaviors That Challenge Professionals
• (3/13/08) Recognizing and Responding to Clutter Addiction and Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults
• (5/15/08) Brain Health Across the Lifespan

Monthly Professional Training

IOA offers free monthly scheduled trainings and case studies for professionals. Speakers cover topics ranging from how to communicate with clients suffering from dementia to understanding the role of spiritualty when working with aging and disabled clients. A full calendar of scheduled professional trainings may be found on our education website.

IOA is approved by numerous licensing boards to provide Continuing Education Credits. If you would like a speaker or specific in-service training for your program, IOA is also glad to make our experts available by request.

Please visit our education website to learn more.