(SU27) Latest Approaches to Difficult Medical Issues in PALTC Part 2

Sunday, March 10, 2024

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT

Room: 221

CME: (1) MOC: (1) CMD Clinical: (1) NP Pharmacology Hours (.5)

Session Chair/Speaker(s)

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Julie K. Gammack, MD, CMD, FACP

Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

Speaker(s)

Ellen W. Kaehr, MD (she/her/hers)

Facility Medical Director and Attending Physician
Careline Physician Services
Zionsville, Indiana

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

Julie K. Gammack, MD, CMD, FACP: No financial relationships to disclose.

Angela M. Sanford, MD, CMD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Ellen W. Kaehr, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Mehwish Siddiqui, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

This is a popular session by four experienced AMDA speakers who will present an intensive session on difficult clinical topics in the post-acute and long-term care setting. Each speaker will take 45 minutes to cover 1 or 2 current and challenging topics. The speakers will describe the data on pharmacotherapy for insomnia. The literature on treatment and diagnosis of osteoporosis will be discussed. The session will include a review of management strategies for urinary incontinence. Speakers will discuss the symptom identification and management of schizophrenia in older adults. Speakers will reference AMDA CPGs and toolkits that are published on these topics.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Describe pharmacotherapy options for treatment of insomnia in PALTC
List the potential symptoms of schizophrenia in the elderly and pharmacologic treatment options.
Describe the use, dosing, limitations and benefits of osteoporosis medications in PALTC.
Use recent guidelines to discuss behavioral and pharmacologic management or urinary incontinence in PALTC.