Join us on April 18th in Watkins Glen for conference that promises to be informative on the emerging strategies for local communities for healthy aging. We will cover palliative care, trauma-informed care and health literacy.
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Conference includes breakfast and lunch and is being offered free of charge. CEU’s and CME’s may be available – check back on website late in the week.
Keynote Speaker, Tom Caprio, MD, MPH, MS, CMD, HMDC, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM will open our day together discussing how the demographic shift in our communities impacts multiple stakeholders.
“With the demographic shift of an aging population and the progression of chronic diseases, an imperative for palliative care has evolved with multiple stakeholders which range from patients, families, health systems, government, and the community of context for those in need. In an effort to provide the best quality of care, reduce suffering, and improve quality of life there is an opportunity to use the lessons from geriatric medicine and palliative care to create a new path forward for inclusion of those most vulnerable in our society supported by an engaged and active community of champions in improving the “status quo” of a medical model in health system focused on disease cure and high technology interventions. The opportunities for creative thinking, including an emphasis on advance care planning and “primary” palliative care are key stepping-stones for sustainable change on a large scale.”
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This event is co-sponsored by the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute FLGEC, Lifespan of Greater Rochester and the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region Alzheimer's Association.
This training is made possible through grant funding by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program Grant #U1QHP28738
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the New York State Department of Health, in partnership with Lifespan of Greater Rochester.
