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Date: February 13, 2024

Topic: Delirium in an Older Adult – Screen, Recognize, Intervene and Prevent

Overview:
This presentation will describe best practices to screen for delirium; evaluate and care for those who develop this geriatric syndrome. Clinicians will further review evidenced based best practice strategies for preventing delirium. This is a collaboration with Timely Topics on Older & Aging Adults webinar series.  

Speakers: 

Jonny Macias Tejada, MD, AGSF Physician, Family & Geriatric Medicine
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Ariba Khan MD
Physician, Geriatric Medicine 
Aurora Center for Senior Health & Longevity 

Moderators: 

Ashley Kwasinski, DNP, APNP
MEDtalks Planner
Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Disease, 
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Thomas Triantafillou, MD, MBA, MPH
Geriatric Physician, Internal Medicine 
Advocate Christ Medical Center 

Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

  • Describe delirium and how it differs from dementia. 
  • Describe the screening tools and evaluation of an older adult who has delirium. 
  • Describe initial management strategies for an older adult with delirium. 
  • Apply evidenced based delirium prevention strategies for older adults at risk to develop delirium.

 

Session date: 
02/13/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST
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  • 1.00 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 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 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 1.00 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 1.00 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. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 1.00 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.

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