Symposia
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- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 1.0
Sponsored by the Home-Based Primary Care SIG, Dementia Care & Caregiver Support SIG, SGIM SIG
Moderator: Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
This workshop focuses on the urgent and critical topic of firearm safety. We, as geriatric health care providers, have an essential role to play in providing evidence-based counseling about safe gun ownership and identifying older adults who may be at particular risk for perpetrated, self-directed, or accidental injury due to factors including social isolation, cognitive impairment, and physical/mental health problems. Learning Objectives: (1) recognize risks of suicide, assault, and violence from firearms for all household members; (2) comfortably and non-judgmentally ask patients/care partners about gun access and storage; (3) offer brief interventions and next steps for safe gun storage; (4) identify trusted resources for future reference.
Asking About Firearms Rachel Miller, MD, MSEd & Katie Wang, MD |
Firearms and Cognitive Impairment Mariah Robertson, MD, MPH |
Assessing Suicide Risk Marla S. McLaughlin, PhD & Therese Morrissey, MSW, LCSW |
Safety Plans and Counseling Siobhan D. Wilson, MD, PhD, FACP & Sophie Kramer, MD, FACP |