Geriatric Education Series

What Matters

Module 1

Tools Designed to Assist Primary Care Better Screen and Support Older Adults

Presented March 6, 2020 / 60 minutes

The goal of this activity is to improve the comfort level and confidence of primary care teams in more comprehensively assessing older adults for functional or cognitive impairment and how to identify frailty and impending serious illness. The session will focus on geriatric assessment as a tool to help primary care teams identify patients with additional needs.

Learning Objectives

After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the components of geriatric assessment.
  2. Explain geriatric assessment tools, and how they can be applied in a primary care setting.
  3. Identify geriatric assessment tools for patients who would benefit from additional evaluation.
  4. Identify resources for patients and caregivers based on the results of a geriatric assessment.

Presenters

  • Ana Tuya Fulton, MD, AGSF, FACP; Executive Chief of Geriatrics & Palliative Care, Care New England Health System; Medical Director, Integra Community Care Network Associate Professor, Clinician Educator, Warren Alpert Medical School
  • Mary Beth Welesko, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, GNP-BC; Geriatrics and Palliative Care; Care New England Medical Group

Accreditation/Designations

Continuing education credit/Certificates of Completion are available for those who 1.) attend the entire session and 2.) complete and submit the Program Evaluation  Survey. Contact rigec@etal.uri.edu with any CE related questions.

  • Mental Health Counseling: This continuing education activity was approved by the Rhode Island Mental Health Counselors Association (RIMHCA) for 1.0 CEU.
  • Social Work: This activity has been approved by the Continuing Education for Social Work for 1.0 contact hours by the Rhode Island College, School of Social Work.

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