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Climate Change: Effects on the Older Adult (N23)
Recorded for 2023 National Conference
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Activity DurationContent Expires: | July 15, 2024 (11:55 p.m. CT) CE for this activity will not be available after this date.
| This CE activity was recorded for the 2023 AANP National Conference. | This activity includes closed captioning. |
Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the 2023 AANP National Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity while attending the live or virtual conference, you should not complete this content a second time. Learners should only complete ONE delivery-method to earn credit. Completing multiple delivery options for the same activity is considered duplicate credit for the same content and will not be accepted by regulatory bodies. |
Overview Climate change will impact the health of all citizens, especially vulnerable older adults. Climate change is causing extreme weather events, such as heat waves, cold spells, storms, floods and droughts, all adversely affecting the health of older adults. These health effects include respiratory, cardiovascular and renal problems. Interest in climate change research is beginning, but more needs to be done. NPs must have knowledge about climate change to manage and prepare patients for the health effects of disasters. Older adults are disproportionately harmed by extreme temperature because they have more chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory ailments. Also, they have diminished capacity to adapt to fluctuations in ambient temperature, especially heatwaves. Many older adults are lower income and unable to evacuate in the event of disasters. This presentation will inform NPs how to evaluate the older adult for hyperthermia and heat stress and how to treat accordingly during extreme temperatures. This presentation will also discuss NPs need to advocate for policy changes locally and nationally to reduce the effects of climate change and the need for NP faculty to include climate change in curriculums, as well as advocate for research on climate change in nursing programs.
Objectives
- NPs will understand the effects of climate change.
- Discuss how climate change affects the elderly.
- Formulate a plan to care for older patients in high temperature situations.
- Use information provided to advocate for climate change mitigation for the elderly population.
Speaker Ann Kriebel Gasparro, DrNP, FNP, GNP, FAANP
Disclosure This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies. The speaker has the following disclosures:- I have nothing to disclose
- AI was not used in the preparation of this presentation
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