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The Annual Assembly of the American Academy ofHospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospiceand Palliative Nurses Association: Education ScheduleWith AbstractsMarch 7e10, 2012 � Colorado Convention Center � Denver, CO

Wednesday, March 7

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Preconference Workshops

Share the Care of Older Adults: ProvidingQuality Palliative Care Across theContinuum (P1)Featuring a distinguished interdisciplinary panelof facultyCosponsored by AAHPM and the American GeriatricSociety

Objective1. Identify the opportunities and challenges in-

herent in integrating palliative care into thecare of seriously ill older adults across a vari-ety of venues.

2. Compare and contrast the palliative care ser-vice needs of older adults in various venuesranging from the intensive care unit tohome hospice.

3. Identify at least 3 strategies to successfully in-tegrate palliative care services into the care ofolder adults across the continuum

While majority of Americans wish to die athome, many still die in institutions. This is espe-cially true for older adults who may transitionfrom assisted living facilities, skilled nursing fa-cilities as well as eventually be subjected to fre-quent hospitalizations. Older adults reachingthe end of life frequently have multiple debilitat-ing diseases (such as dementia, osteoporosis andarthritis, cerebro-vascular accidents) which mayresult in irreversible functional status impair-ment and cognitive deficits. They thus havea need for integrated geriatric palliative carethat are likely unmet.This interactive pre-conference session willaim to engage the participants in a conversa-tion about how best to improve the care of

seriously ill older adults across a variety ofcare venues.Part 1: Critical care of the seriously ill older adultPart 2: Acute care of the seriously ill older adultPart 3: Nursing home care of the seriously ill old-er adultPart 4: Psychiatric care of the seriously ill olderadultPart 5: Home Hospice Care of the seriously illolder adultAfter an overview of the issues specific to eachvenue,wepropose touse clinical cases tohighlightkey principles instrumental in successfully inte-grating palliative care into the care of older adultsin each of these venues. This pre-conference ses-sion will offer plenty of opportunities for at-tendees to participate in small group discussionsas well as large group activities. At the end of thissession, we hope that the learners will havea greater insight into the key venue specific chal-lenges and strategies about how best to overcomethem and thereby provide quality care to olderadults with serious illnesses and their families.

What Should Be in a Palliative CareConsult? Using a Standardized Template forPatient Assessment (P2)Marcos Montagnini, MD FACP, VA Ann ArborHealthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI. Amos Bailey,MD FACP FAAHPM, University of Alabama atBirmingham, Birmingham, AL. Karl A. Lorenz,MD MSHS, VA Greater Los Angeles HealthcareSystem, Los Angeles, CA. Marian McNamara,MD, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapo-lis, IN. Keith Rosenfeld, MD, VA Greater Los An-geles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA.Sharon Weinstein, MD FAAHPM, and GeorgeE. Wahlen, VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT. DebraWertheimer, MD, VA Maryland Healthcare Sys-tem, Baltimore, MD.(All authors listed above for this session have dis-closed no relevant financial relationships with