1. Old Age Psychiatry Training Day Overview and objectives
Dr Aylene Kelman
SpR Medicine for the Elderly

2. Why is this training day important?
As for many geriatric problems; increasing prevalence due to increasingly elderly population
Old age psychiatry is a specialist branch of general psychiatry
Mental health problems in elderly present in variety of ways
Overlap of pathologies
Assessment and management may be more challenging

3. Areas of importance Delirium Depression and Anxiety Psychoses
Dementias
Assessment and management strategies
Legal issues and ethical considerations including carer issues
Considerations of differences in primary and secondary care roles

4. Curriculum Objectives(SpR)- delirium

5. Curriculum Objectives(ST3)- delirium

6. Curriculum objectives (SpR)- Old Age Psychiatry

7. Curriculum objectives (SpR)- Old Age Psychiatry