Hearing Loss, Mental Illness, and Safe, Effective Health Care Communication
Event starts on this day
May
28
2020
Featured Speaker(s):
Margaret Wallhagen
Event starts on this day
May
28
2020
Hearing Loss, Mental Illness, and Safe, Effective Health Care Communication,
Webinar,
Dr. Margaret Wallhagen
Event Description:
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Hearing Loss, Mental Illness, and Safe, Effective Health Care Communication Webinar Thursday, May 28, 2020 |
Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Aging Services and Long Term Care and the UT Austin School of Nursing The University of Texas at Austin |
| Speaker | |
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| Margaret Wallhagen, RN, PhD, FAAN |
Professor, School of Nursing University of California, San Francisco |
The impact of COVID-19 when everyone is wearing a mask and isolating from persons with hearing loss. Hearing loss exacerbates the impact of isolation and enhances the risk for isolation, depression, confusion, and delirium.