This webinar has completed and is now available on-demand. Please see below for webinar recording and supporting materials.
On-Demand Webinar
Thank you to all who attended this webinar on Monday, March 22, 2021. Below we have made the webinar recording, chat notes, and presentation slides available for those interested in learning more from the interdisciplinary dream team who spoke with us during this webinar. Click on the Supporting Materials and Panellist Resources & References links below to view, or scroll down for the main learning points from each panellist.
Presentation Slides
March 22, 2021
Copyright 2021 The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative
Chat Notes
March 22, 2021
Zoom chat notes including re-cap of themes discussed during the webinar and insights from participants.
GEM Nurse resources
Parkinsons hospital kit: Information from the Parkinson’s Foundation. Free downloadable resources.
UStep Neuro LaserCane: Designed for those with neurological disorders.
The Senior Alliance: Every US state has a senior alliance to help with needs.
Medical Alert response systems: Personal emergency response system
Guardian Alarm medical monitoring: Personal emergency response system and medication management
Knox Box: Box to allow EMS providers to enter your home
PT Resources
Geriatric Assistive Devices: Figure 9 is a useful algorithm for the selection of assistive devices for your older patients
Walking Speed: the Sixth Vital Sign: Figure 1 shows a collection of walking speed times that are linked to dependence, hospitalization, rehabilitation needs, discharge locations, and ambulation category.
OT Resources
Occupational therapy in the prevention and management of falls in adults: Practice guideline
Fit for Frailty: Consensus best practice guideline for the care of older people living in community and outpatient settings from the British Geriatrics Society.
End PJ Paralysis: Get up, get dressed, and get moving.
Fit to Sit: campaign to put an end to patients lying down on trolleys and stretchers if they are well enough to sit or stand.
Details
Goals
- To highlight best practices of nurse case managers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers in the Geriatric ED
- To illustrate the different approaches each might take to some core geriatric ED presentations – falls, confusion, functional decline
- To provide all ED clinicians with some clinical pearls that they can use or adapt for their own practice.
Expert Panel
Kara McLoughlin, BSc (Hons) OT, MSc(OT)(c)
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist,
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Suzie Ryer, MPT, GCS, CEEAA
Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist
Senior Project Coordinator – Advocate Aurora Health Senior Services
Maya Genovesi, MSW
Social Worker, Geriatric ED,
Mount Sinai New York
Michelle Moccia, RN DNP, ANP-BC,CCRN, GS-C
Program Director, Senior ED,
St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia, Michigan
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