Aging Related Continuing Education Opportunities

You can earn continuing education units in aging related courses ONLINE! There are numerous associations, academies, and universities that offer continuing education in aging related courses over the Internet. These courses will in preparing you to serve the needs of the largest growing segment of our population. You will increase your aging related knowledge and skills which may open new doors for you in today's competitive job market. Below are links to some of the associations, academies, and universities offering aging related courses.

Aging Specialties

University of Southern California – Ageworks

  • Nutrition 8 CEUs
  • Hearing 7 CEUs
  • Vision 8 CEUs
  • Occupational Therapy 8 CEUs
  • Elder Abuse 7 CEUs

http://www.ageworks.com/continuing_education.shtml

Chaplains/Clergy/Spiritual Leaders

Association of Professional Chaplains

Continuing education addressing various aging issues offered online

http://www.professionalchaplains.org/APC/education-list.aspx

Attorneys

American Law Institute / American Bar Association

Continuing education in elder law and other related topics.  Search under elder law to find relevant courses.

http://www.ali-aba.org/

Nurses

American Nursing Association, Inc.

Nursing World offers numerous online aging related courses for nurses.

http://nursingworld.org/ce/cecatalog.cfm

American Nurses Association, GeroNurse

Official geriatric nursing website of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and of the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at the New York University College of Nursing.

http://www.geronurseonline.org/

Physicians

American Academy of Family Physicians

The family physicians role in aging and health issues

https://secure.aafp.org/catalog/viewProduct.do?productId=732&categoryId=2

Psychologists/Counselors

American Counselors Association

Grief counseling

http://www.counseling.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CONTINUING_EDUCATION_ONLINE#online

American Psychological Association

Life and death decisions.  Psychological and ethical considerations in end-of-life care

http://www.apa.org/ce/1080099.html

Social Workers

Institute for Geriatric Social Work Boston University

Continuing education for licensed social workers.  30+ online courses in aging for CEU’s starting at $45

http://www.bu.edu/igsw/education/online/courses.html

NASW

Offers both online and distance learning continuing education units.

http://www.naswdc.org/ce/default.asp

 

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