Pre-conference Session
AGS COCARE®: HELP (HOSPITAL ELDER LIFE PROGRAM) PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION
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- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 4.75
- Q & A: None
Additional fee session
The AGS CoCare®: HELP program, formerly known as The Hospital Elder Life Program, originally created by Dr. Sharon Inouye, is a well-studied, effective, and innovative model of hospital care designed to prevent both delirium and functional decline. Learning Objectives: (1) discuss the AGS CoCare®: HELP program’s focus on targeted interventions implemented by a skilled interdisciplinary team (including a geriatric nurse specialist, specially trained Elder Life Specialists, and trained volunteers) that address a broad scope of geriatric issues known to contribute to cognitive and functional decline during hospitalization; (2) review implementation strategies; (3) discuss how your hospital can adopt the program; and (4) review strategies for sustainability & longevity to ensure success of AGS CoCare®: HELP in the hospital.
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am | Welcome | Deena Sandos, MSW Senior Manager, Special Projects American Geriatrics Society |
| 10:10am | AGS CoCare®: HELP Overview & Future Directions | Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH HELP Founder, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research Hebrew SeniorLife |
| 10:40am | Keynote: Delirium Screening: Reducing Confusion | Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Section Chief for Research Director, Aging Research Program Division of General Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 11:40am | Breakouts: Where Are You with AGS CoCare®: HELP? | Facilitated by AGS CoCare®: HELP Centers of Excellence and Recognized Sites Elisha Boatman, BSN, CMSRN, ELNS Richard Dahl, BA Phyllis Glass, RN Anu Kirupananthan, NP Jonny Macias Tejada, MD, AGSF Sunny Shorey, C-LSW Lyn Weinberg, MD |
| 12:45pm | Break | |
| 1:00pm | AGS CoCare®: HELP in Action | Autumn Corcoran, MA Director, Hospital Elder Life Program Lyn Weinberg, MD Director, Division of Geriatrics; Medical Director, HELP Allegheny Health Network |
| 1:45pm | The Human Experience of Eating, Drinking, and Feeding for a Patient Receiving HELP | Paula Leslie, PhD Newcastle External Assessment Group Northern Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Pre-registrant Clinical Scientist Center for Bioethics & Health Law, University of Pittsburgh (Research Ethics & Society Initiative), Consultant |
| 2:30pm | Showcasing the Impact of AGS CoCare®: HELP | Olivia W. Zachary, MD Clinical Instructor and Medical Director Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Ronald Reagan Geriatric Consult Services University of California, Los Angeles |
| 3:15pm | Closing Remarks and Adjournment | Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH HELP Founder, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research Hebrew SeniorLife |