PPT-Polypharmacy and The Frail Elderly

Brian Steeves MD 1 Partnership between PATH Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization Drug Evaluation Alliance of Nova Scotia Dalhousie Academic Detailing Service Dr Brian Steeves Dr Cheryl Smith DNP. ‘Transforming . Care of Older People in . Ireland’ . 26th . May . 2015. . 'Models . of integrated care . for . community-dwelling frail older people’. Lorna Roe . Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin . Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The Vision. Integrating (or coordinating) care around the needs of patients. Avoiding unnecessary admissions to Hospital; Finding alternatives to Acute Admissions. Supporting Older People in their own . Medical Care: . Fixing the Care System for Frail Elders. Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS. Director, Altarum Institute Center. for Elder Care and Advanced Illness . March 12, 2015. 2015 Palliative Care Conference. – Enabling Frail Elders to Live Meaningfully and Comfortably at a Sustainable Cost. June 25, 2014. Joanne . Lynn, MD, MA, . MS. Director. , Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness. Joanne.Lynn@Altarum.org. An NHS England funded initiative delivered by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network. www.sbrihealthcare.co.uk. @. sbrihealthcare. Agenda. 25. th. June, London . 10.30 . Welcome . from Chair . AT METU NCC . Enes Bükte. Nihal Yağmur Aydın. 1:PROBLEM WITH STAIRCASES. Problem: Since . staircases. . don’t. . have. . handrails. , it can . cause. . problems. . for. . elderly. . people. and. The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). in Long Term Care. Geriatric Workforce. Decline in Geriatricians in the United States. 1988. 2030. Geriatricians. 7,128. 7,750. Geriatricians per older adult. An NHS England funded initiative delivered by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network. www.sbrihealthcare.co.uk. @. sbrihealthcare. Agenda. 25. th. June, London . 10.30 . Welcome . from Chair . fract. /frag. Meaning: break; shatter. Words. Suffrage. Fragment. Fragile. Convey. Synthesize. Infraction. Frail. Refract. Fracture. Fraction. Fragment (n). a broken piece. “Because was old” is a sentence . Angela S. Stewart, PharmD, BCPS. Clinical Associate Professor. Associate Dean Yakima Extension. Objectives:. Upon completion of this program, the participant should be able to:. Identify patients at highest risk for adverse drug events and the effects of polypharmacy. Action Card for administration of benzodiazepines . The use of sedatives and anti – psychotic medication should be kept to a minimum. . S. edation should only be considered once other strategies have failed to calm the patient such as distraction/diversion strategies, using 1:1 special to care for the patient. . Presenter:. Sethenjwa B. Nduli . PhD Candidate, Social Work Discipline, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.. International -Social work Conference. 27 – 29 September 2023. II. Polypharmacy issues. Medications who have limited or no evidence (docusate, ABD gel, low-dose antipsychotics at EOL, many supplements, Alzheimer’s drugs in patients with advanced dementia). Medications with little or no benefit because of time frame (calcium, iron, . Dr Dominic Hart. Consultant Geriatrician. Belfast Trust. Frail?. Frail?. What is Frailty. “A state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis after a stressor event.”. NOT. An inevitable part of aging.