Pre-conference Session
- Date:
- Time: 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 6.5
Additional fee session
This full-day course is designed to educate Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) teams regarding strategies for delirium prevention, using 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 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 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 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
| 7:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome/Introductions Sarah L. Gartaganis, LCSW, MPH |
| 8:15 AM | AGS CoCare: HELP™ Sarah L. Gartaganis, LCSW, MPH |
| 8:45 AM | Opening Keynote Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH |
| 9:45 AM | Continuous Quality Improvement Malaz A. Boustani, MD, MPH |
| 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | Hearing Impairment in Hospitalized Patients Nicholas S. Reed, AuD |
| 11:45 AM | HELP Photo/Poster Viewing |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM | 3 Sites: Successful HELP Implementation-Examples from the Field Paula J. Duncan, RN; Richard D. Dahl, BA, CAN; Kelly J. Turner, BA |
| 2:00 PM | Delirium and Alzheimer’s Disease Donna Marie Fick, RN, GCNS-BC, PhD, FAAN |
| 2:45 PM | Breakout Session 1- Starting Your HELP Program Workshop Richard D. Dahl, BA, CAN; Carrie Bennet, DNP, RN, GNS-BC; Paula J. Duncan, RN; Kelly J. Turner, BA |
| 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:45 PM | Breakout Session 2-Data Collection Strategies/Annual Report Workshop Heidi R. Wierman, MD; Miriam Beattie, DNP, GNP / Nancy Joyce, MS; Susan Heisey, MSW, LCSW, ASW-G |
| 4:30 PM | Social Determinants of Health Franchesca Arias, PhD |
| 5:15 PM | Closing Remarks and Adjournment Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH |