Pre-conference Session
- Date:
- Time: 10:00am - 3:30pm
- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 4.75
Additional fee session
This course is designed to educate AGS CoCare®: HELP teams regarding strategies for delirium prevention, using AGS CoCare®: HELP to improve hospital-wide care of older adults. Learning Objectives: (1) describe how delirium impacts older adults in the hospital; (2) identify nonpharmacologic approaches to prevent delirium; (3) apply strategies for how to implement AGS CoCare®: HELP as a quality improvement program in their hospital; (4) review the impact of social determinants of health for older adults and their impact on delirium; (5) describe strategies for success and sustainability for AGS CoCare®: HELP programs; (6) identify the ways that delirium impacts patients with Alzheimer’s disease; (7) identify the key first steps in program planning and implementing AGS CoCare®: HELP at their facility; (8) discuss the features of an annual report and how to write one for their program; and (9) describe the relationship of hearing loss in hospitalized patients to communication and health care utilization.
| 10:00 AM | Welcome/Introductions Stephanie Baker |
| 10:05 AM | AGS CoCare®: HELP Deena Sandos |
| 10:20 AM | Opening Keynote: HELP Overview and Updates during COVID-19 Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MP |
| 10:55 AM | Continuous Quality Improvement Malaz A. Boustani, MD, MPH |
| 11:25 AM | Break |
| 11:30 AM | Panel Discussion: Adaptions during COVID-19 Wendy Zachary; Susan Heisey, MSW, LCSW, ASW-G; Miriam Beattie, DNP, GNP |
| 12:25 PM | Lunch |
| 12:50 PM |
Breakout Session 1 |
| 1:45 PM | Break |
| 1:50 PM | Breakout Session 2 Attendees switch to the other workshop from Breakout Session 1 |
| 2:45 PM | Hearing Impairment in Hospitalized Patients Nicholas A. Reed, AuD |
| 3:15 pm | Closing Remarks and Adjournment Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH |