Please join us …
When: Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 12–1 p.m.
Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Who: Jennifer Tija, MD, MSCE; Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Topic: Deprescribing in patients with limited life expectancy
Learning objectives
- Describe the changing pattern of medication use in older adults as death approaches and its impact on family caregivers and patients
- Review the appropriateness of medications prescribed to older adults with limited life expectancy
- Develop a strategy for patient-centered prescribing in late life that regularly reviews, simplifies, and aligns treatment regimens with patients’ goals of care as their life-limiting illness progresses.
Jennifer Tija