The long-term care resident is at a high risk of developing insomnia and its associated comorbidities. This program will discuss the magnitude of this problem and the ramifications on overall resident health. Through an interactive presentation, nationally recognized speakers will address current concepts in the management of arthritis. The speakers will focus on clinical intervention strategies for enhancing the consultant pharmacist's role in improving patient outcomes by optimizing arthritis therapy in long-term care settings. A Call to Action Vendome Ballroom A Pain, a common problem among the older person, is often associated with increased dependency, functional impairment, decreased mobility and increased healthcare costs.
Older persons suffer important pain problems that are often overlooked or under-treated.
This course will provide exposure to state of the art principles in pain management for older persons. This dynamic educational program will focus on the challenges facing health care providers in the treatment of chronic wounds in the new millennium. The latter are particularly vexing because several strains VRE are resistant to all available antibiotics. This symposium will describe the incidence and management of these infections in the older adult. It will provide an extensive review of traditional and novel treatments for this difficult problem.