Prescribing With Precision: Optimizing Medications for Older Adults Paper Session

All sessions are listed in Central Time (CT). 

Paper Session

  • Date:
  • Time: -
  • Track: Research
  • Location: Grand Hall L
  • CME/CE: 1.0

Sponsored by the Research Committee

Moderator: Lillian Min, MD, MSHS 

This session will present the latest peer-reviewed geriatrics research with questions and answers to follow. Learning Objectives: (1) review clinical outcomes between discontinuation versus continuation of APM initiated to manage hospitalization-associated delirium; (2) describe OAC use patterns during the transition to long-term care and factors associated with changes; (3) review the results of a study on bisphosphonate drug holidays; (4) discuss the association of loneliness with subsequent prescribing of potentially inappropriate pain and psychotropic.

Health Outcomes of Discontinuing Antipsychotics After Hospitalization in Older Adult
Chun-Ting Yang, PhD
Changes in Oral Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fibrillation after Long-Term Care Entry
Darae Ko, MD, MSc
Opportunities for Bisphosphonate Drug Holidays Among Older Nursing Home Residents Living with Dementia
Mikaela M. Cavalieri, OMS-II, MS, BS
Association of Loneliness and Subsequent Initiation of Potentially Inappropriate Pain and Psychotropic Medications
Rachel D. Savage, PhD