5047.0 Medication Therapies for Older Adults

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 8:30 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS

8:30 AM
“Health-media literacy” for the elderly: A symbolic interactionist analysis of how older persons perceive prescription drug ads
Pamela Z. Poe, MA
        
8:45 AM
National estimate of the cost of Parkinson's disease medications 1999-2003
Katherine Anderson, PhD and Richard Faris, PhD
           
9:00 AM
Role of emotion and cognition in medication adherence of older women
Christine Unson, PhD, Ross Buck, PhD and Morenike Akpo
     
9:15 AM
Pain Management for Nursing Home Residents: Results from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey
Judith Sangl, ScD, Robin E. Remsburg, PhD, APRN and Roberto Valverde, MPH
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Epidemiology

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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