Geriatrics PRN Focus Session — From Hospital to Settling at Home: Age-Friendly Transitions in Care​

The older adult population in the United States continues to rise with the number of Americans aged 65 years and older estimated to be 95 million by 2060. The need for excellent training in geriatric care is becoming increasingly urgent. This continuing education program will explore the impact of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Age Friendly Hospital Measure and the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program on clinical pharmacy practice in health-system settings. This program will also give an overview of the 5Ms framework which promotes the well-being of older adults. Learners will apply “Multicomplexity,” “What Matters,” “Medication,” “Mentation,” and “Mobility” in evaluating geriatric patients to identify potential drug related problems and to improve therapy-related clinical outcomes (avoiding use of potentially inappropriate drugs, reducing falls and delirium, addressing psychosocial/health disparity issues to promote medication adherence, etc.). Delivering age friendly care using the 5M framework aims to reduce hospital re-admission, decrease length of stay and improve health outcomes in older adults. Each speaker will use assessment questions throughout the presentation with an audience response system. Each speaker may provide insight on applying 5Ms framework in a patient case study that will prompt learners to apply knowledge gained. The questions and/or summary patient cases will also serve as assessment tools to evaluate the achievement of learning objectives.

Moderator: Sum Lam, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS Dept. of Pharmacy Practice College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences St. John's University

Mastering the 5Ms: Elevating Medication Management for Older Adults with Multicomplexity 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Barbara J. Zarowitz, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCGP, BCPS Affiliate Professor University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Senior Advisor Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging Baltimore, Maryland   View Biography

Applying the Age Friendly 5Ms Across Care Transitions: Mentation and Mobility 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Speaker: Jazmin N. McSwain, Pharm.D., BCCP, BCPS Med/Surg Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Moffitt Cancer Center - McKinley Hospital

Applying the Age Friendly 5Ms Across Care Transitions: Medication and What Matters 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Speaker: Kalin M. Clifford, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Pediatrics Department of Pharmacy Practice TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Dallas, Texas   View Biography