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ForwardAdvanced Dementia and the Hospice Patient 4-21-2020
Join Family Hospice of UPMC, UPMC Home Health Care, UPMC Senior Services, and Presbyterian SeniorCare Network for a virtual CEU to learn about advanced dementia and the hospice patient. Presenter will speak about the programs offered to a hospice patient and their families. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the hospice medicare benefit, stages of dementia and rationale for deprescribing medications used to treat dementia.
Target Audience
Physicians, nurses, social workers, personal and long term care staff are encouraged to attend.
Learning Objectives
- Brief overview of causes of dementia and its typical course
- Understand the rationale for deprescribing medications used to treat dementia.
- Review common symptoms of advanced dementia and the hospice treatment approach.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
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 Course link and directions | 27.44 KB |
 Advanced Dementia and the Hospice Patient.pdf | 1.5 MB |
Please join us for a virtual continuing education live event.
Click here or Copy and paste the link in your browser.
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- This is a 2 hour CE activity. We will take a brief 10 minute break about half way through.
- The only way to access the meeting is through the link above via website (Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium) or Microsoft Teams. There is no call in number.
- Once you join, you will be automatically muted.
- Please make sure your computer audio is turned up.
- When submitting a question: Please submit using the Q&A feature and begin your question with your setting so that we can answer appropriately.
To receive continuing education credit, you will need to return to your Center for Continuing Education account and complete the course evaluation. CME and CNE certificates will be available immediately. SW and PCHA certificates will be emailed separately.
Speaker: Dr. Myles Zuckerman, HMDC, Community Team Physician, UPMC Family Hospice
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live webinar activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2 contact hours.
Social Work
This program is offered for 2.0 hours of social work continuing education through co-sponsorship of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work, a Council on Social Work Education-accredited school and, therefore, a PA pre-approved provider of social work continuing education. These credit hours satisfy requirements for
LSW/LCSV LPC and LMFT biennial license renewal. For information on social work continuing education call (412) 624-6902.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 2.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 2.00 Attendance