Geriatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine

Instructional Course

(598167) IC 24: Management of the Frail Older Adult: Medical and Exercise Strategies for Evaluation and Treatment

Presenter(s)

• 

  Margaret Danilovich, PT, DPT, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Northwestern University
  Chicago, Illinois
• 

  Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD,MPH

  Assistant Professor
  University of Chicago Medicine
  Riverside, Illinois
• 

  Katherine Thompson, MD

  Associate Professor of Medicine
  University of Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois

The likelihood of having the frailty syndrome increases with advanced age. The focus of this workshop will be on the medical, exercise, and nutritional management of older adults with frailty. If you are a clinician working with older adults, this workshop will provide the resources to evaluate and treat those with frailty effectively following the latest evidence-based guidelines for multi-disciplinary interventions.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the frailty syndrome and compare/contrast different models of evaluating frailty
• Select appropriate nutritional strategies for older adults with pre-frailty or frailty
• Develop comprehensive exercise prescriptions for frail older adults with appropriate outcome measures to evaluate intervention success.
• Recognize frailty symptoms that require referral to other providers