A Prescription for Proscription: Effective and Efficient Strategies to Deprescribe
In this presentation (1:04:26 minutes), Nicholas Cox discusses mental frameworks and practical tools for deprescribing. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) apply principles of deprescribing to a patient case; and (2) identify strategies and tools to aid in deprescribing. Included in this presentation is a medication case given by Emily Pinnock. Slides are available to download. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2021
Medications and Polypharmacy: How Do I QAPI That?
In this presentation (1:03:38 minutes), Sabine von Preyss-Friedman discusses the importance of medications and polypharmacy. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) understand the definition and prevalence of polypharmacy in PALTC; (2) apply QAPI processes to deprescribing; and (3) further their knowledge of deprescribing resources . Slides are available to download.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2021, Age-Friendly ECHO
The Nurse's Role in Transitional Care: Uncovering the Hidden Issues with Older Persons
This presentation (1:08:53 minutes) by Brenda Luther discusses a nurse's role in transition care with older adults. Topics that are covered include: (1) how a recently discharged patient looks; (2) roles of RNs in transitional care; (3) scope of transitional care; (4) protocols, requirements, biling, and coding in transitional care. Slides are available to download. Included in this presentation is a patient case given by Cherie Brunker. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium
What's Good For the Heart is Good for the Mind: The SPRINT-MIND Results
This presentation (1:12:00 minutes) by Mark A. Supiano discusses how cognitive impairment relates to the heart. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) understand the cognitive impairment continuum and be able to define mild cognitive impairment and dementia; (2) recognize that the majority of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias have a vascular contribution -- Vascular Cognitive Impairment; and (3) become familiar with modifiable approaches to prevent cognitive impairment, including results from the SPRINT-MIND study. Slides are available to download.
Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Treat Depression and Cognitive Deficits in Older Adults
This presentation (1:06:10 minutes) given by Sarah Shizuko Morimoto discusses how to use neuroplasticity to treat depression and cognitive deficits in older adults. She provides information about brain aging and what mitigates it. The presentation also walks through depression in older adults and those who have cognitive impairment and depression. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020
Dementia Care Transitions: Dead Ends, Detours, Denial
In this presentation (1:17:25 minutes),Troy Anderson discusses the challenges that can arise as we try to navigate the transitions that occur across the disease span in a dementia condition. He speaks about denial in a different way, almost as a defense mechanism rather than how we might view it in more normal terms. Slides are available to download. Included in this presentation is a patient case given by Cole Davis. Resources available for download are "INTERACT Stop and Watch Tool'' and "PAINAD Tool." Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Giving Bad News
This presentation (1:04:09 minutes) by Shunichi Nakagawa discusses how to communicate bad news to a patient and their families. The presentation goes through the definition of bad news, 6 steps SPIKES protocol, and then plays a video on how to give bad news. (Presentation starts at 2:17 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, 2022
https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/grand-rounds/
Giving Bad News
This presentation (1:04:09 minutes) by Shunichi Nakagawa discusses how to communicate bad news to a patient and their families. The presentation goes through the definition of bad news, 6 steps SPIKES protocol, and then plays a video on how to give bad news. (Presentation starts at 2:17 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, 2022
https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/grand-rounds/
Pain Management Near the End of Life
This presentation (52:37 minutes), given by Daniel Fischberg, discusses end of life and pain management. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) review standard approaches to pain management near end of life; (2) list three reasons for opioid refractory pain; and (3) describe the use of opioids to manage dyspnea at the end of life. (Presentation starts at 1:52 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, 2022
Promoting Healthy Hearing Over the Lifespan
This presentation (1:01:43 minutes), given by James W. Hall III, discusses promoting healthy hearing over the lifespan and until old age. Topics covered in this presentation are: (1) intersection of audiology and public health; (2) considering hearing related comorbid conditions is critical; (3) healthy living = healthy hearing; (4) diagnostic hearing assessment: enhancing sensitivity and specificity in detection of auditory dysfunction; and (5) practicing preventive audiology: multi-disciplinary strategy. (Presentation starts at 1:30 minutes.)