OVERVIEW

Geriatric Cases: Falls, Delirium, and Polypharmacy is organized by Pri-Med.

Release Date: 04/08/2025
Expiration Date: 04/08/2026

Description:
Older adult patients are presenting with higher levels of complexity as they age. Primary care providers need to be able to handle the intricacies that occur in caring for older adults as it is rarely just one problem addressed at one visit. Learn how falls, delirium, and polypharmacy are intertwined and how best to provide care to patients who experience these issues.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the risks of polypharmacy, delirium, and falls for older adults
  • Outline evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk of falling and prevent delirium
  • Describe which medications should be avoided among older adults and alternatives that clinicians can implement instead

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Credits

Accreditation Statement
Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement
Pri-Med Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AANP
Accreditation Statement
Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 040308.

Designation Statement
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour of continuing education, which includes 0.33 hours of pharmacology.

MOC Credit Information
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points and Patient Safety MOC 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. Pri-Med Institute reports completion information to ACCME on a monthly basis, in the first week of each month. Pri-Med Institute reports completion information to ACCME on a monthly basis, in the first week of each month.

  • 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1 MOC
  • 1 Contact Hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianPharmacistGeriatricsNurse Practitioners

    SPECIALITIES

    GeriatricsPharmacy and Medicine

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