This course explores some health care issues commonly experienced by older adults. All topics are approached from the perspective of the older health care consumer and/or his/her family members. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn and ask questions about their concerns related to these topics. This course is partially supported by the University of California Academic Geriatric Resource Program.
Course Chair: Joan B. Wood, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departments of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine (Geriatrics); Director, Northern California Geriatric Education Center; Associate Director, UCSF Mt. Zion Center on Aging; Campus Planner, UCSF Academic Geriatric Resource Center.
February 24
What Families Need to Know about Delirium
Eric Widera, MD, Associate Medical Director of the Nursing Home Care Unit and Director of the Geriatric Consultation Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center
Capturing the Moment: Strategies for Maintaining your Relationship with a Loved One Who has Dementia
Theresa Allison, MD, Geriatrics Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF School of Medicine
March 10
Managing Your Medications: How to Minimize Side Effects and Maximize Benefits
Kirby Lee, Pharm D, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy
March 24
Prostate Cancer and the Older Man – How Worried Should We Be?
Badrinath Konety, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, UCSF School of Medicine
Computer-based Training in Older Adults with Memory Complaints
Deborah Barnes, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine
