Workshop 8:
Geriatrics in Focus: Empowering Family Physicians to Care for Aging Populations
Objectives:
- Introduction to Geriatrics: Holistic Care, Common Geriatric Concerns , Geriatric Syndromes & Preventive Strategies.
- Practical Case Discussions: Engage in applied discussions on common syndromes like delirium, falls, polypharmacy, anticoagulation, and multimorbidity, and dementia care.
- Hands on application of selected Comprehensive geriatrics assessment tools: e.g. Minicog, confusion assessment method, Richmond agitation & sedation scale for delirium, timed up & go test, functional reach test.
- Be competent regarding basics of clinical decision taking in multimorbid older adults Healthcare.