5108.0 Healthcare Practices and Utilization Among Older Adults

Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 10:30 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Stephanie L. McFall, PhD

10:30 AM
Potentially inappropriate medication use among community-dwelling elderly patients with dementia in U.S. Alzheimer's Disease Centers
Denys T. Lau, PhD, Nathaniel Mercaldo, MS, Andrew T. Harris, BS and Sandra Weintraub, PhD
10:42 AM
Diabetes Self-Management Education: Impact on depression in the elder with diabetes
Cynthia Clinkingbeard, MD
10:54 AM
Theory-driven educational media development: Improving pressure ulcer prevention practices
Richard Goldsworthy, PhD, MSEd and Nancy C. Schwartz, PhD
     
11:06 AM
Computer use by patients with age-related macular degeneration: Implications for a self-care program without borders
Barbara L. Brody, MPH, Anne-Catherine Roch-Levecq, PhD, Linda C. Field, MA, Colin Depp, PhD and Stuart I. Brown, MD
11:18 AM
Healthier Living Workshop and Reduction of Doctor and Emergency Department Visits Among Vermonters with Chronic Disease
Jason Roberts, MPH
11:30 AM
Senior residents Educating about Hospitalized Olders at risk for Delirium (SEHOD): A 6-months follow up
Shunichi Nakagawa, MD, Ji Won Yoo, MD, Camelia Raiu, MD and Andrei Brateanu, MD, FACP
  

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Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

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

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