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Special Populations Overview

Started Jun 28, 2017
3.5 credits

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Full course description

Clients in care management have unique and individualistic needs, and sometimes these special need are related to how a client lives, where a client lives, age, accidents, illness, genetics, or other distinctive factors. In this module, care managers will receive an overview of special populations to enhance their understanding of clients’ distinct needs. The populations reviewed will include: People with Mental Illness, Homelessness and Poverty, Substance Use, Pain Management & Chronic Opioid Use, Domestic Violence, Jail and Forensic Health, People with Physical Disabilities, People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, People from the LGBTQ community, Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Transplant, Pregnancy, and Pediatrics.