Description
Who Should Attend
- Primary Care Physicians
- Specialty Physicians
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Pharmacists
- Physician Assistants
- Psychologists
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate palliative care and its role in caring for older adults at end of life.
- Identify opportunities to engage patients in advanced care planning.
- Determine which patients are eligible for hospice benefits.
- Develop appropriate strategies to manage pain in older adults.
- Recognize the altered presentation of common illnesses in older adults.
- Determine the etiologic factors contributing to the most commonly encountered geriatric syndromes.
- Review the principles of appropriate and effective prescribing in older adults.
- Differentiate between the effects of aging and disease.
- Apply new strategies to manage common medical problems in older adults such as COPD, pain, infection and osteoarthritis.
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