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Share the Care of Older Adults:Providing Quality Palliativecare Across the Continuum

Developed by the AGS Education and Ethnogeriatrics Committees in collaboration with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).
Moderator: Vyjeyanthi J. Periyakoil, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford School of Medicine Multi-Venue experts will do presentations about best practices related to care of the seriously ill older adult: Venues will include:

Intensive Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Erin K. Kross, MD, University of Washington 

Acute Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Roger W. Bush MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center

Nursing Home Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Psychiatric Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Scott Irwin, MD, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice 

Home Hospice Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Vyjeyanthi J. Periyakoil, MD, Stanford School of Medicine