Elder Care: What's Right and What's Safe

Pittsburgh, PA US
October 15, 2021

Elder Care – what’s right and what’s safe

October 15, 2021   1:15-2:15pm

This presentation with review of our present process related to Geriatric Discharge When. A program developed by UPMC Mercy which adds consistency to the discharge planning process.  The program has been used for multiple services lines throughout UPMC Mercy and has shown to improve patient satisfaction and readmission rates.  This presentation will also review UPMC Mercy’s process for assessing and documenting What Matters to our elderly patients.

 

 

 

 

Target Audience

Healthcare professionals, nurses, physicians, students, residents, PT/OT, care management, social work and all other interested care providers. 

Learning Objectives

By the completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Participants will be able to relate the two processes to their care for the elderly.

2.Participants will be able to evaluate the practical applications described.

3.Participants will be able to integrate the processes into their programs.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 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.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/15/2021
Course expires: 
11/18/2021
Event starts: 
10/15/2021 - 1:15pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/15/2021 - 2:15pm EDT
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UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street
Virtual
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

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Sherri Mackall received her BSN from Alderson-Broadus University in WV and her MSN from Phoenix University.  She has spent her entire nursing career in the acute care setting.  Her bedside experience ranged from oncology to critical care and for the past 20 years she has been in Care Management.  She started her career at UPMC Mercy as the Manager for Care Management in 2005 and in 2008 became the Director of the department.  In working closely with her staff on discharge planning, the barriers to providing the appropriate level of post hospital care for the elderly became evident.  Developing age specific discharge readiness checklists and engaging engage her staff to improve the transition and discharge planning for the elderly patients became a department goal.  Sherri has been a core team member of UPMC Mercy Geriatric COE team and leads the hospitals processes related to the IHI “What Matters” care for the elderly.

 

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 [replace with applicable format:  blended activity for a maximum of __1.0_ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. 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 _1.0_ contact hours.

 

Pharmacy (CPE)

This knowledge-based activity provides _0_ contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. 

 

Physician Assistant (AAPA)

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for _0__ AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

 

Social Work

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive _1.0__ continuing education credits.

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

  • 1.00 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.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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