AGS CoCare®: HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) Pre-Conference Session

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. Learn about implementation strategies and how your hospital can adopt the program, as well as strategies for sustainability & longevity to ensure success of AGS CoCare: HELP in the hospital. Learning Objectives: (1) describe the impact of hospital-acquired delirium on patient outcomes, workforce burden, and organizational quality metrics; (2) identify innovative strategies that support reliable delirium prevention; (3) discuss practical methods for leveraging pre-professional and health science students as interns or volunteers to enhance delirium prevention efforts while supporting workforce development; (4) explain how electronic health record tools can be used to proactively identify patients at highest risk for delirium; and (5) identify strategies leaders can use to translate delirium risk reduction initiatives into measurable clinical and operational results.