Tuesday, October 18, 2022 from 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM PDT at Imperial Ballroom A
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-22-186-L04-P
Activity Type: A Knowledge-Based Activity
Older adults are at an increased risk for suboptimal medication management due to several factors including advanced age, frailty, and polypharmacy. Clinical pharmacists have the expertise to address and alleviate barriers to optimal medication use in older adults, and it is even further enhanced with an interprofessional healthcare team. This session aims to highlight best practices in comprehensive medication optimization for any clinical pharmacist when working with older adults through the development of novel clinical practice models in post-acute and long-term care services.
 | Moderator: Stephanie M. Crist, Pharm.D., BCGP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist with Mercy St. Louis and Senior Care Consultant in Missouri
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Learning Objectives
1. Explain barriers to comprehensive medication therapy management in older adults.
2. Highlight a clinical pharmacist’s role in deprescribing in post-acute and long-term care transitions.
3. Discuss approaches to optimizing appropriate prescribing across the post-acute care and long-term care continuum.
4. Distinguish current versus future geriatric practice models that target barriers to comprehensive medication management in older adults.
5. Recognize opportunities a clinical pharmacist can implement in post-actute services for comprehensive medication management.
6. Review interprofessional team strategies to aid at improving medication misadventures in older adults.