PROMOTING MOBILITY FOR WHAT MATTERS MOST: A CLINICAL SKILLS WORKSHOP USING A 5MS APPROACH ACROSS THE FUNCTIONAL SPECTRUM

Sponsored by Residents Section, Fellows-in-Training Section, Nurses Section, Pharmacists Section 
Co-Moderators: Lisa J. Granville, MD & Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, RN, MSN, GNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN 
This workshop will provide skills and tools to promote mobility and reduce falls risk explicitly based on the 5Ms framework of geriatrics: medications, mind, mobility, multicomplexity, and matters most. Learning Objectives: (1) using the framework of the geriatric 5Ms, implement a strategy to optimize mobility and reduce falls risk in older adults at different functional levels based upon what matters most; (2) compare and contrast decision support tools and approaches to optimizing mobility and reducing falls risk, including clinical assessment, deprescribing, and basic physical interventions; and (3) communicate effectively with patients and families (stressing what matters most to them) re: the benefits of falls risk reduction as well as any potential trade-offs between promoting independence and reducing falls risk.