+441518081136Inter-professional team approach to geriatric care
7th World Congress on Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
December 07-09, 2017 | Rome, Italy
Janice Hoffman, Anna Yeung and Mary Hudson-McKinney
Western University of Health Sciences, USA
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : J Pharmacol Ther Res
Abstract:
According to the 2015 World Health Organization, on average, people around the world are living longer. Thirty percent of the Japanese population are aged 65 years and over. In the United States of America alone, over 10,000 people turn 65 every day, which translates into one person every eight seconds. Máire GeogheganQuinn, the former European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, stated that by 2020 a quarter of the population of Europe will be 60 years or older. With the worldwide ageing population, the importance of optimizing health care delivery to seniors must be urgently addressed. With this shift of focus to chronic diseases of aging, appropriate medication use becomes a top priority. This presentation will review the specific pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics changes that accompany the aging process as well as the role of the pharmacist within an interdisciplinary geriatric team to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the provision of care for the elderly. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have gain a working knowledge of how to provide inter-professional team-based care for the aged across the continuum of care levels.
Biography:
Janice Hoffman is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona California, USA. She is a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and a Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP). She has received her Doctorate (PharmD) from the University of Southern California and completed her Clinical/Administrative Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice with an emphasis in Geriatrics Residency at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Professionally, she has received accolades as the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy (CCGP), Excellence in Geriatric Practice Award recipient. Currently, she practices at Los Angeles Jewish Home geriatric-psychiatric unit
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