National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Independent Study 2026: Lifestyle Factors for Brain Health & Dementia Risk Reduction

The National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Virtual Conference trains and educates healthcare professionals across Advocate Health, as well as multiple other health systems across the country and beyond. We continue to seize the opportunity to use technology and reach more healthcare workers than ever before by offering this conference virtually. By bringing in national speakers from around the world, this conference helps to implement best-practice models of care in our own communities and draws national attention towards the efforts to improve care for vulnerable, older adults.

Target Audience

This course is intended for MDs, DOs, RNs, NPs, APTA, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and other interested health professionals involved in the care of older adults.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of older adults who are acutely ill or injured. 
  2. Describe practice improvements to better address the needs of older individuals along the continuum of care.
  3. Describe key lessons learned as our health systems prepare to care for populations of older Americans.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 0.50 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 0.50 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 0.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 0.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 0.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 0.50 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy Technician
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Course opens: 
11/06/2026
Course expires: 
11/12/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Independent Study 2026
Rating: 
0

Faculty
 

Activity Director:

Jonny Macias Tejada, MD, AGSF, Medical Director, Senior Services, Acute Care for Elders, Advocate Health - Midwest

Planning Team Members:

Patricia Cantieri, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

Ann Gallo, Service Line Administration Manager, Aurora Medical Group, Inc.

Stephanie Steger, Administrative Assistant II, Aurora Medical Group, Inc.

Michelle Zoerb, MSW, APSW, Social Worker, Advocate Aurora Health, Inc

Suzie Ryer, PT, DPT, GCS, Director, Senior Services and Integrative Medicine, Advocate Health WI/IL Division

Speakers:

Darren Gitelman, MD, FAAN, FANA, Senior Medical Director, Advocate Memory Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Director of Cognitive Disorders, Advocate Medical Group - IL

 

Disclosure

The following faculty speakers and/or planning committee members have disclosed the following:

Faculty Name

Name of Ineligible Companies

Nature of Relationship

Darren Gitelman

  • AbbVie
  • Eisai
  • Biogen
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Cassava Sciences
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Advisory Board
  • Consultant
  • Site Principal Investigator
  • Site Principal Investigator
  • Site Principal Investigator
  • Site Principal Investigator
  • Site Principal Investigator

The other planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for [this individual/these individuals] have been mitigated.

 

Accreditation Statement


In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum 0.50 hours of CPE credit for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
 

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 0.50 clinical continuing education credits.

Additional Credits

The credits listed below are NOT accredited through the CE Learning Platform. For questions about these external credits, please contact [email protected]

American Physical Therapy Association of WI (APTA) 

Advocate Health is accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) of Wisconsin to provide continuing education for the virtual activities and is approved through November 2027 to offer 0.50 APTA CEUs upon completion. 
Approval Number: 20509
CEUL180697

This conference will provide participants with a certificate of completion, and discipline specific credit for PT. 

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 0.50 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 0.50 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 0.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 0.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 0.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 0.50 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy Technician
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Price

Cost:
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For Further Information
 

If you have any questions regarding the presentation, please contact Stephanie Steger at [email protected]

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