Video
Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Polypharmacy: Definition, Prevalence and Impact to patient care
  • How the the aging process increases the risk of polypharmacy
  • Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)
  • The decreased clinical outcomes from polypharmacy
  • Drug-Drug & Drug-Disease Interactions

Hour 2

  • Herbal and Prescription Drug interactions
  • Examples from Beers Criteria- of potentially harmful drug interactions
  • Anticholinergics

Hour 3

  • Antipsychotics
  • Case Studies from Research
  • Case Studies From Clinical Practice
  • Summarizing the risks of polypharmacy with older people

Author

Lisa Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP

Heightened Risks of Polypharmacy in Older People

Heightened Risks of Polypharmacy in Older People

3 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
Video
Delivery Type
Select State
Select Discipline
$49

Description:

While many prescriptions and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs may have few side effects when taken alone, the risks of an adverse drug event increases when a person is taking several different medications at the same time. These risks are even greater for older adults due to their decreased kidney and liver function as well as changes in body composition. This course reviews the risks of polypharmacy in older adults. Examples are provided of the different types of drug interactions, followed by examples of potentially inappropriate medications for older patients as stated in the Beers Criteria. Case studies are shared for interprofessional clinicians of various disciplines to include patient decline in function, nutrition, cognition, balance, and other signs and symptoms resulting from polypharmacy.

Full Course Description
While many prescriptions and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs may have few side effects when taken alone, the risks of an adverse drug event increases when a person is taking several different medications at the same time. These risks are even greater for older adults due to their decreased kidney and liver function as well as changes in body composition. This course reviews the risks of polypharmacy in older adults. Examples are provided of the different types...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional to comprehensively recognize adverse events, educate their patients and collaborate with interprofessional team members regarding their patient's risks and reactions from polypharmacy. 

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the overall risks of drug-related issues from polypharmacy with older people.
  2. Recognize how aging significantly affects drug clearance.
  3. Identify examples of drug-drug and disease-drug interactions.
  4. Identify examples of drug-drug and disease-drug interactions.
  5. Identify the risks of anticholinergics and antipsychotics with older people.
  6. Identify the risks of anticholinergics and antipsychotics with older people.
  7. Select the recommendations from the cited case studies to reduce the harmful risks of polypharmacy.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional to comprehensively recognize adverse events, educate their patients and collaborate with interprofessional team members regarding their patient's risks and reactions from polypharmacy. 

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the overall risks of drug-related issues from polypharmacy with older people.
  2. Recognize how aging significantly affects drug clearance.
  3. Identify examples of drug-drug and disease-drug interactions.
  4. Identify examples of drug-drug and disease-drug interactions.
  5. Identify the risks of anticholinergics and antipsychotics with older people.
  6. Identify the risks of anticholinergics and antipsychotics with older people.
  7. Select the recommendations from the cited case studies to reduce the harmful risks of polypharmacy.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Speech Language Pathologist, Nurses

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Lisa Milliken is employed by Milliken Healthcare and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Speech Language Pathologist, Nurses

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Lisa Milliken is employed by Milliken Healthcare and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.