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    2010 Senior Symposium Program
 

ACPE#009-999-10-010-L03-P   0.15 CEU (1.5 contact hours) - Knowledge-based CE
Speakers: John Cannarella, RPh; John Gadea, RPh; Mike Gemma, RPh; Kevin Hill; Gene Memoli, RPh; Larry Sobel, RPh
Location: Premier GH 

Learning Objectives
• Identify the reason(s) for new legislation for the prescribing of controlled substances in long-term care environments
• Describe the recent and pending legislation impacting pharmacy practice in long-term care for 2010

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Pre-Dinner Reception
(Non-CE Event)
Understanding Gout as a Chronic Disease
Speaker: Joseph Croft MD

Location: Premier A
Sponsored by TAKEDA Pharmaceutical Company

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Hypertension in the Elderly: Too Little, Too Late?
ACPE #009-999-10-011-L01-P   0.15CEU (1.5 contact hours) - Knowledge-based CE
Speakers: Marvin Moser, MD

Learning Objectives
• Identify barriers to the optimal care of the elderly patient with hypertension and other comorbidities
• Critically analyze both the risk and benefit of current treatments for hypertension in the elderly patient with
   hypertension and other geriatric syndromes
• Describe how to initiate discussion of the risks and benefits of treatment and total costs in older patients
   with hypertension and other comorbidities

This presentation is generously supported by an educational grant from FOREST Laboratories., Inc.

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ACPE #: 009-999-10-012-L01-P   0.1 CEU (1 contact hour) - Application-based CE
Speaker: Kevin W. Chamberlin, PharmD

Location: Premier A

Learning Objectives
• Identify common misconceptions about chronic back pain patients and treatment with prescription non-opioid
  analgesics and skeletal muscle relaxants (SMRs)
• Describe differences and barriers surrounding choices between prescription non-opioid analgesics and skeletal muscle relaxants
  (SMRs) used in chronic back pain management

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7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Product Theater 2
(Non-CE Event)
Topic: TBA
Speaker: TBA
Locations: Premier GH
Sponsored by AMGEN

• Recall the historic role of the federal government in the regulation of pharmacy and the key drivers that are contributing
  to a more active role
• Identify significant current issues that have the potential to change pharmacy practice and the challenges and opportunities
  that pharmacists and pharmacies are likely to face
• Identify tools to help you be more effective in communicating with policy makers regarding the critical role that pharmacists
  play in our health care system

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• Describe how aging is transforming the healthcare system
• Define the central role that Pharmacists will play on managing patients with multiple co-morbidities
• Explain the opportunities for innovation and exploration within the health care system

Product Theater Luncheon 1
(Non-CE Event)
Location: Premier EF
Sponsored by TAKEDA Pharmaceutical Company
Treatment of Chronic Constipation in the Elderly
Speaker: Dana Saffel, PharmD

11:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Product Theater Luncheon 2
(Non-CE Event)
Location: Premier GH
Sponsored by CENTOCOR ORTHO BIOTECH
Anemia Identification & Management in the Elderly
Overview:
Anemia is prevalent in the long‐term care setting and is undiagnosed and may not be treated. Anemia
is not a normal part of aging and is an important disease that may be associated with negative
outcomes. Causes of anemia include decreased red blood cell production, increased red blood cell
destruction, and blood loss. This presentation will address appropriate identification, assessment and
management of anemia in the elderly population
Learning Objectives:
• Highlight the prevalence of anemia in the elderly and in the long‐term care (LTC) setting
• Provide an overview of the consequences and associations of anemia in the elderly
• Review the workup and management of anemia
• Discuss LTC‐related considerations in the identification and management of anemia

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