Review of Geriatric and End of Life issues
Instructor: James Schneid
Thursdays • 5 classes • 9/26-10/31 (no class 10/10) • 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Class size 5-30 students
12 seats remaining
Location: Randall 250
In this series we will explore the process of evaluating individuals for their safety and optimal functioning. Bone weakness leads to an increase risk of fractures in the the elderly which can be devastating. Caregivers suffer ‘burn out” and depression as a result of caring for loved ones. We will explore a case. Many people are fearful as death nears. We will explore the normal dying process.
Our last session will be an “Ask the Doctor: Open Ended discussion of your burning issues.”
TOPICS COVERED:
The Comprehensive
Geriatric Assessment
Osteoporosis:
A Bare Bones guide to
Diagnosis and Management
End of Life Caregiving
The Last Few Hours
Ask the Doctor:
Open Ended discussion
of your burning issues
James Schneid M.D. is Board Certified in Family Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is the previous Program Director and Chair of the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency and is an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. Jim has a lifelong interest in End of Life issues and in 2017 helped develop the first Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship for physicians at the Togus V.A. Hospital and Maine Medical Center. As the VA Hospice Medical Director he enjoyed teaching nurses, chaplains, social workers, medical students, Resident physicians, fellows and attendings the art of Palliative Medicine.
Jim is still a faculty member preceptor at the Family Medicine Institute in Augusta and on the active staff of Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice.