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ForwardSkilled Nursing Facilities Series: Managing Multiple Complex Comorbidities
Activity description
This activity focuses on the complexities of managing patients in long-term care settings who present with multiple competing comorbidities. Participants will examine key take-home points for each major condition and reinforce the application of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) tailored to the unique challenges of this population. They will review how to evaluate and manage individuals where treatment decisions require balancing competing priorities and individualized care plans. Emphasis on the critical role of prognostication and advanced care planning in guiding clinical decisions will also be discussed. By integrating prognostic tools and patient-centered discussions, participants will learn strategies to align medical management with patient goals, improve quality of life and support informed decision-making. This activity equips health care professionals (HCPs) with practical skills to deliver evidence-based, compassionate care in complex long-term care scenarios.
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurse practitioners, nurses, PAs, case managers, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other HCPs who care for older adults.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Outline key take-home points for each topic and specific comorbidities.
- Describe GDMT and address the unique challenges and complexities of managing patients in long-term care settings.
- Discuss strategies to evaluate and manage patients with multiple competing complexities in long-term care settings.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community.
Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
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Presenters
Karl M. Dauphinais, MD, MSS, CMD, FACP
SCC Medical Director, CT, RI, ME, NH
Cheryl P. Washington, DNP, APN, FNP-BC
Activity planners
Rebecca Gleason, RN
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Senior Community Care – Optum Home and Community. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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