2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4002.0
Health-related Decision Making

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Identify changes older women make about their health and independence after experiencing a fall. Describe a quality improvement process to elicit health care decision preferences. Identify aspects of medical care decision-making that are pertinent to older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Demonstrate the legal and ethical issues that help to define and understand how health care decisions should be approached for the aging individual and family.
Moderator:
Nidhi Khosla, PhD, MPH

8:30am
Making decisions after experiencing a fall: Preliminary survey results with older women in South Carolina   
Caroline D. Bergeron, DrPH, MSc, Daniela B. Friedman, MSc, PhD, S. Melinda Spencer, PhD, MA, DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, PhD RN, FAAN and Susan C. Miller, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:50am
A Health System's Approach to Improve Care for Advancing Age and Advanced Illness   
Maria Carney, MD, Phyllis Yezzo, RN and Tara Liberman, DO
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Understanding Medical Care Decision-Making Among Ethnically Diverse Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions   
Rosana L. Bravo, MPH, Kathryn G. Kietzman, PhD, MSW and Steven P. Wallace, PhD
9:30am
Law, Ethics, and the Issues Concerning Health Care Decisions for the Elderly   
Martin Wasserman, MD, JD, FAAP
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care Section, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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