The Promise of Medical-Legal Partnerships for Preventing Harm, Addressing Needs, and Promoting Health Equity for Older Adults

All sessions are listed in Central Time (CT). 

Symposia

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  • Track: Models of Care
  • CME/CE: 1.0

Sponsored by the Achieving Health Equity Among Diverse Older Adults SIG and the Elder Abuse SIG

Moderator: Lena Makaroun, MD, MS

Programs that integrate legal services into healthcare delivery, known as medical-legal partnerships, are an innovative intervention that health systems employ to address social and environmental issues facing patients. Learning Objectives: (1) describe what medical-legal partnerships are and how they can address health-related social needs to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities for older adults; (2) discuss the disconnect between advance care planning conducted by legal professionals and medical professionals, and identify ways to improve collaboration between these fields; (3) determine how Geriatric Medicine professional participation in a multidisciplinary team may result in improved secondary prevention of elder mistreatment through use of practical interventions; (4) model how different kinds of multidisciplinary partnerships and collaborations can create synergy to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery.

Addressing Social Determinants of Health via Medical-Legal Partnerships 

Rossana Lau-Ng, MD, MBA, CMD

Crossing the Divide: Medical-Legal Advance Care Planning 

Grace W. Orsatti, JD 

Partnering with Legal Services and Beyond: The Role of Geriatrics Professionals on Community-Based Elder Mistreatment Multidisciplinary Teams 

Julia A. Hiner, MD