This Training is designed to educate mandated reporters on opioid misuse and abuse and how to report to Nevada Adult Protective Services if you suspect abuse of vulnerable adults.
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to define opioid misuse
- Understand the biology and neurobiology of opioid use, misuse and abuse
- Describe how aging changes substance metabolism
- List at least 2 signs and symptoms of opioid misuse among vulnerable adults
- Be able to describe at least two difficulties that families experience as they cope with opioid use among older adults and vulnerable family members