Virtual Grand Rounds/Clinical Update: Lessons Learned in Age-Friendly Medicine

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and analyze the key challenges facing healthcare systems in addressing the needs of an aging population with increasing rates of chronic and advanced illnesses.
• Describe the intersection of age-friendly care, geriatric and palliative care principles, and their synergistic application in improving the quality of life for individuals with multiple medical conditions.
• Identify strategies for implementing a more integrated and compassionate age friendly care approach that addresses the medical, functional, emotional, and social well-being of both patients and their family caregivers.

Speaker:

• Maria Torroella Carney, MD, FACP, Professor, Institute of Health System Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research; Chief, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Northwell Health; Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Moderator:

• Gary Greensweig, DO, FAAFP, System SVP/Chief Physician Executive, Physician Enterprise; Interim Chief Medical & Quality Officer (CMQO)

Panelists:

• Barbara Martin, PhD, ACNP-BC, MPH, System Senior VP of Advanced Practice
• Prentice Lipsey, President & CEO, Senior Living & Transitional Care, CommonSpirit Health