Pharmacy: Older and Wiser: Essential Knowledge for the Management of Older Adults
10.00
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
About the Author:
Melanie Padgett, PharmD earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University. She has been a community pharmacist for seven years and has experience writing for medical education companies. She has completed additional training in immunizations, pain management, and diabetes.
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.
About the Author:
Melanie Padgett, PharmD earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University. She has been a community pharmacist for seven years and has experience writing for medical education companies. She has completed additional training in immunizations, pain management, and diabetes.
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Older and Wiser: Essential Knowledge for the Management of Older Adults
10.00
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
About the Author:
Melanie Padgett, PharmD earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University. She has been a community pharmacist for seven years and has experience writing for medical education companies. She has completed additional training in immunizations, pain management, and diabetes.
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.
About the Author:
Melanie Padgett, PharmD earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University. She has been a community pharmacist for seven years and has experience writing for medical education companies. She has completed additional training in immunizations, pain management, and diabetes.