BO HEJLSKOV ELVÉN
The digital course “Behavioral Problems in Elderly Care” is pre‑recorded, and the course instructor is the Danish psychologist Bo Hejlskov Elvén
This course focuses on approaches and methods for managing behavioral problems in elderly care. The goal of the course is to help you understand and handle behavioral issues among older adults in everyday situations, as well as evaluate difficult incidents and prevent them from recurring.
The first half of the course is about you—how you think and act in daily work, and not least why all of us sometimes slip up and make mistakes on the job. We will go through different ways of viewing the people we work with and the consequences our thinking has for how we carry out our work.
The second half of the course focuses on method. We will look at various strategies for managing behavioral problems in everyday situations: how to de‑escalate a situation that is beginning to intensify, how to support a person in full crisis, and how to help someone calm down afterward. We will then examine how to evaluate difficult situations and understand why they occurred, and finally how to work proactively to prevent behavioral problems.
The course includes seven short lectures of varying length and corresponds to approximately three hours of teaching. Access to the course is valid for 12 months.
Bo Hejlskov Elvén is a clinical psychologist and author known for his work on managing challenging behavior through low-arousal approaches. His methods focus on changing the behavior of staff and parents rather than the individual with challenging behavior. Bo Hejlskov Elvén has written several books on the subject, including "No Fighting, No Biting, No Screaming" and "Sulky, Rowdy, Rude?" Hejlskov Elvén explains how to understand the difficult and annoying ways in which older people in care can behave, (especially people with dementia), how to stay calm and kind, and how to solve the problems they can create. With many examples of everyday challenges and how to deal with them, this course has the potential to change your working life.