Best Practices to Tackle Polypharmacy, Decrease Psychotropics and Management Pain in AL
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1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ ...OVERVIEW
Best Practices to Tackle Polypharmacy, Decrease Psychotropics and Management Pain in AL is organized by AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term care Medicine.
Activity Created: 3/2023
Credits Available Until: 3/2026
Description:
This session will discuss polypharmacy in assisted living communities (ALCs) regarding all medications. Current data from a large sample of 781 residents from 85 communities will be used to demonstrate the high rate of polypharmacy in assisted living. Further we will describe two approaches used to reduce polypharmacy: (1) deprescribing; and (2) nonpharmacological interventions. Findings from interventions both regarding deprescribing and use of function focused care and optimizing physical activity among residents and impact on polypharmacy will be provided. A combined interdisciplinary approach to address polypharmacy should be considered. The goal of the session is to raise awareness about polypharmacy and the multiple ways this can be successfully addressed in ALCs.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:
• Identify the risk of polypharmacy to residents in assisted living and the reasons for those risks.
• List two different tactics to combat polypharmacy in assisted living communities.
• Describe an effective approach focusing on deprescribing for residents living in assisted living communities.
• Identify two behavioral interventions to help with deprescribing regarding pain and behavioral symptoms associated with dementia.
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Credit Statements:
CME: AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CMD: This self-study activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 1.25 clinical hour(s) toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.
ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points and patient safety credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
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