Older and Wiser: Essential Knowledge for the Management of Older Adults
8.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Discuss the physiologic changes that occur in older adults which make them distinct from the general population.
- Review the current theories of Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology.
- Identify patients who present with Alzheimer’s disease based on its criteria for diagnosis.
- Recommend appropriate therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with respect to its mechanisms, dosing, and adverse effects.
- Identify patients who present with Parkinson’s disease based on its criteria for diagnosis.
- Discuss the current FDA-approved therapies for Parkinson’s disease, including mechanism, dosing, and adverse effects.
- Recognize medications from the most current Beer’s criteria of potentially inappropriate medications to be used in older adults.
- Define the process of deprescribing and discuss how it relates to older adults.
- Develop a plan for incorporating “brown bag” medication reviews into practice, which focus on common issues for older adults.
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Older and Wiser: Essential Knowledge for the Management of Older Adults
8.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Discuss the physiologic changes that occur in older adults which make them distinct from the general population.
- Review the current theories of Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology.
- Identify patients who present with Alzheimer’s disease based on its criteria for diagnosis.
- Recommend appropriate therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with respect to its mechanisms, dosing, and adverse effects.
- Identify patients who present with Parkinson’s disease based on its criteria for diagnosis.
- Discuss the current FDA-approved therapies for Parkinson’s disease, including mechanism, dosing, and adverse effects.
- Recognize medications from the most current Beer’s criteria of potentially inappropriate medications to be used in older adults.
- Define the process of deprescribing and discuss how it relates to older adults.
- Develop a plan for incorporating “brown bag” medication reviews into practice, which focus on common issues for older adults.