First Do No Harm: Managing High Risk Drugs in the Assisted Living Setting -- LIFESPAN FALL SUMMIT (LIVE WEBINAR DATE) -- October 14, 2020
- Registration Closed
Safe and effective geriatric medication management involves much more than simply administering “what the doctor ordered”. Drugs used to treat both chronic and acute conditions in the elderly provide powerful benefits but also carry significant risk. Assisted living providers have an obligation to partner with the resident, their surrogate decision makers, the prescriber, and pharmacy staff to identify and minimize those risks. This presentation, through the use of case studies and group discussion, will examine classes of drugs that are considered high risked when administered to the elderly. Emphasis will be placed on drug classes undergoing current scrutiny such as antibiotics, psychotropic, and opioids. Lastly, a resident-centered approach to managing such drugs will be discussed.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
- Administrators
- Nurses
- Social Workers
- Assisted Living Managers
CEU- 1.0
- Administrator
- Social Work
- Assisted Living Manager
Fees are per person
LifeSpan Member: $55.00
Nonmember: $85.00
William Vaughan, RN, BSN
Vice President, Educational and Clinical Affairs, Remedi SeniorCare
In 2013 Bill Vaughan joined Remedi SeniorCare after a 26 year career with Maryland’s state survey agency. Bill was a CMS certified health facility surveyor who evaluated the care delivered in Maryland’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities for 14 years. In 2001 he became Chief Nurse of Maryland’s Office of Health Care Quality and was responsible for the clinical oversight of the agency’s approximately 120 surveyors. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1982, Bill gained clinical experience at The Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Hospitals. He has taught pharmacy and nursing students at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Towson University. Bill speaks nationally on the regulation of healthcare facilities and was on CMS expert panels which developed guidance to surveyors on pain management and end of life care. He is currently a member of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ Clinical Advisory Board for their LTC newsletter.
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This program is sponsored by The Beacon Institute. This course is approved for 1.0 continuing education.
Administrator
This program is approved by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators.
Social Worker
This program is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Worker Examiners for Category 1 Continuing education for social workers in Maryland.
Assisted Living Manger
This educational offering was approved by the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene, Office of Healthcare Quality, State of Maryland for Assisted Living Managers.
Cancellation Policy
Refunds, minus a $25 processing fee per registrant, will be honored if requested in writing FIVE (5) business days prior to the date of the seminar.
Cancellation due to State survey, the state Surveyors must actually be in the building in order to receive a refund. To receive a refund due to a Survey, Beacon Institute requires a form to be completed, please contact Annmarie Gordon @ agordon@lifespan-network.org. Attendees may send substitutions in their places without prior notification. Additional fees may apply.
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