Frailty and Palliative Care: Caring Across the Continuum Event

Participants will learn how to identify the medical risk of a patient, their vulnerability to adverse outcomes and the appropriateness of their goals and expectations, through the evidence-based metric, frailty. Frailty is the best metric for determining risk thus framing a truly person-centered plan of care. As a patient’s frailty becomes more severe, it is important for clinicians to deliver palliative care focused on relief of discomfort and optimal quality of life. There will be an overview of palliative care and interventions and impacts across the continuum will be discussed. In closing, participants will engage in an open dialogue with the presenters and their colleagues on the topic of frailty and palliative care.

When: Friday, February 21, 2020, 12:00pm – 1:00pm (Lunch); 1:00pm – 4:30pm (Event)

Where: Deadwood, SD – Cadillac Jack’s

Target Audience: Physician & Care Continuum Providers (Hospital, Nursing Home, Home Health & Hospice)

Speakers: Dr. Steven Buslovich, MD, MSHCPM, Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Buffalo School of Medicine & Dr. Andrea Baier, MD, Medical Director, Palliative Care and Hospice, Monument Health

Continuing Education Credits are Available for Physicians, Nursing Home Administrators and Social Workers.

More information available here.