TOWARD BEST GERIATRIC PRACTICE:

OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES

 

MORNING

 

·         Opening Remarks

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

·         The 10-minute Geriatric Screen: What Every Provider Needs in His or Her Toolbox

MINI-LECTURES

·         Use It or Lose It:  The Importance of Exercise in the Elderly

·         Prevention of Delirium in Elderly Persons

·         Stuck in the Headlights: Identification and Management of the Older Driver

CONCURRENT SESSIONS A

·         A1: Continence Care: More Than Just Pads!  Assessment and Interventions Do Make a Difference

·         A2: What to Say and How to Say It:  Eradicating Communication Barriers

·         A3: Understanding and Engendering Hope in Elderly Persons

·         A4: Booze, Drugs and Old Folks:  Identifying and Managing Substance Abuse and Dependence in the Elderly

CONCURRENT SESSIONS B

·         B1: Depression and Anxiety in Older Clients: What Makes Them Different?

·         B2: Memory Changes: What’s Normal, What’s Not and What To Do About It

·         B3: Optimizing Pharmacological Treatment

·         B4: A Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team’s Success in Identifying, Developing and Implementinga Management Strategy for Leg Edema

 

 

AFTERNOON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel Discussion

·         The Challenge of Care: A Vision for the Future

Concurrent Sessions C

·         C1: Implementing a Senior Friendly Hospital Strategy

·         C2 : Ontarians with Disabilities Act: Removing Barriers to Participation in Community Life

·         C3:The Challenges of Managing and Providing for Our Rural Clients

·         C4: Innovative Approaches to Enhance Continuity of Care for Older Persons

Summary AND Closing Remarks

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