Empowering Older Adults and Care Teams to Address Sarcopenia
Strategies to discuss, diagnose, and intervene in the prevention, treatment, and management of sarcopenia.
Target Audience: This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, and dietitians who care for patients.
Overview
This on-demand, accredited webinar will explore strategies for communicating the clinical significance of sarcopenia to patients and their care partners, with an emphasis on recognizing early signs, facilitating meaningful conversations, and identifying opportunities for early intervention and management throughout the care journey.
Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and International Life Sciences Institute.
Independent educational grants are being solicited to help support this activity.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, healthcare professionals will be able to:
- Communicate the clinical significance of sarcopenia, including its relationship to functional decline, fall risk, and quality of life.
- Identify opportunities during existing clinical touchpoints to introduce sarcopenia-related education with individuals with or at risk of developing sarcopenia and their caregivers.
- Develop a communication approach for engaging individuals with or at risk of developing sarcopenia and caregivers/families in conversations.
- Describe the roles of an interprofessional care team and community-based resources in the management and follow-up of individuals with or at risk of sarcopenia.
Webinar Recording: Coming Soon
Materials: Coming Soon
Speakers: Coming Soon
Additional Information
Webinar Planning Group
- Roger Fielding, PhD – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
- John A. Batsis, MD – Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine; Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Shalanda Bynum, PhD, MPH – National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health
- Rosaly Correa de Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD – National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
- Kelley Jackson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC – Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University
- Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE – Gerontological Society of America
- Stella Volpe, PhD, RDN, ACSM-CEP, FACSM – Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to Partners policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
John A. Batsis, MD, faculty and planner for this educational activity, has the following relevant financial relationships:
Consultant, advisor, or speaker for Abbott Nutrition; Owner of SynchroHealth LLC
Roger A. Fielding, PhD, faculty and planner for this educational activity, has the following relevant financial relationships:
Consultant, advisor, or speaker for Epirium Bio, Biophystis, Inside Tracker, Merck (ended), Northstrive, Novo Nordisk (ended)
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) and International Life Sciences Institute. Partners 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 healthcare team.
Continuing Education Credits
Physician Continuing Education
Partners designates this live for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 1.5 contact hours.
Dietitian Continuing Education
This program offers 1.5 CPEUs for dietitians.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
For additional information about the accreditation of this activity, please visit https://partnersed.com.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
This webinar is supported through independent education grants from:
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