This session assists participants in gaining confidence and competence in screening and assessment of older adults with suicidal ideation and/or suicidal behavior…

This session explores the role of nurse practitioners engaging in health policy and advocacy to ensure resources, including workforce, funding, and education, are in place now and well into the future to care for the growing older adult population who prefer to “age in place…

The presentation expands your physical assessment skills and communication techniques to provide instructions to older adult patients during telehealth visits via video conferencing…

Differences in genetic makeup among individuals affect what the body does to a drug and what the drug does to the body. The age of an individual can also be a factor since as the body ages, changes can decrease the body’s ability to break down or remove certain medications from the system…

According to the CDC, over half of the people in the United States diagnosed with HIV are aged 50 and older. Many HIV risk factors are the same for people of any age, but older adults are less likely to get tested for HIV. Treatment with antiretroviral therapy is recommended for everyone with HIV…

The project’s purpose was to evaluate the impact of an educational series on nurses’ knowledge and competence in caring for older adults with behavioral health needs…

This session, highlighting the work of the GAPNA Geropsych SIG, explores between the mind and heart in older adults. Using an unfolding case study, cultural influences and risk factors related to cardiovascular disease and psychiatric conditions are considered…

This session explores APRNs knowledge of their role in addressing social isolation (SI) and loneliness in older adults as a social determinant of health (SDOH)…

This session provides information on approaches to deprescribing, including common barriers and how to address them. Discussion includes use of several tools for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications, as well as sample scripts for introducing deprescribing to patients and families…

Best evidence on how to recognize, screen, diagnosis, treat, refer, and manage posttraumatic stress disorder as a comorbid chronic condition in older adults are discussed…

This session reviews the changes with aging that affect the ability of older adults to acquire adequate nutrition, along with changes in the gastrointestinal system and at the cellular level that compromise absorption of nutrients…

APNs must have the skills to both initiate and continue to engage in challenging conversations with patients and families about diagnosis, prognosis, and planning for how they will live with progressive disease and what is most important in their end-of-life care…

In this session, the team explores and explains marginalization within the older adult population. Tools and care strategies the APRN can use in clinical practice are presented and discussed…

This session focuses on the challenges of anticoagulation treatment in older adults, given the high risk for thrombotic events and anti-coagulation-associated bleeding…

Explore how social media can be instrumental in assisting APRNs to provide resources to patients, families, and caregivers and enhance patient care and improve public health for older adults in all settings…

An older adult may be prescribed more than eight medications per day. Polypharmacy and agerelated changes increase risk for adverse events. Information is provided regarding safe prescribing strategies and monitoring of medications in older adults. Deprescribing is also addressed…

This session discusses the creation of a health education program which empowers older adults and caregivers to adopt healthy behaviors and improve self-efficacy, using a community-based participatory research approach…

This session equips nurses and other providers with a thorough understanding of the concept of frailty and approaches to patient-centered care. An emphasis on the biology and bioenergetics of frailty enhances an understanding of how to incorporate shared decision-making into patient management…

Research question: Does a produce box delivery program have positive impacts on health and wellness measures, including mood, for participants?

Background: Frailty is an emerging global concern that has major implications for clinical practice and public health. As people get older and the prevalence of frailty increases, there is an increased need for innovative care models that would address special needs of frail older adults…