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8:00am EDT

TH2 | Updates in Management of Common Infections in PA/LTC Facilities Texas 1-2Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Muhammad S. Ashraf, MBBS • Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, MPH • Sharon Bradley, RN TH3 | Latest Approaches to Difficult Medical Issues in PA/LTC Texas Ballroom DJulie Gammack, MD, CMD • Milta Little, DO, CMD • Angela Sanford, MD, CMD • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH TH7 | Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for Persons With Dementia in Residential Care: Strategies for Implementing Cognitive Stimulation Therapy San Antonio 5-6Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW • Janice Lundy, MA, MHA • Deborah Hayden, OT, RN

11:30am EDT

PSTR | Poster Session Opens Texas Ballroom Pre-Function

1:30pm EDT

TH11 | Serious Illness Conversation, Evidence-Based Techniques for LTC Clinicians Texas 5-6Grace Cordts, MD, MPH, CMD • Kevin Henning, MD, CMD • James Mittleberger, MD, MPH • Denise Stahl, MSN TH9 | Demystifying the Basic Metabolic Panel Texas 1-2Meenakshi Patel, MD, MMM, CMD • Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD • T.S. Dharmarajan, MD

11:00am EDT

FR8 | Parkinson's Disease: A Video is Worth 1.8 Million Words Grapevine 1-2John Dean, MA, CCC-SLP • Nora Reznickova, MD FR3 | Care of the Actively Dying Texas Ballroom DJeffrey Nichols, MD, CMD • Yvonne Torres, MSW • Sydonie Clementson, RN FR9 | Breaking Science: Presentations from Leading Researchers in PA/LTC Medicine San Antonio 4-6Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD • Julie Gammack, MD, CMD • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH • George Wang, MD, PhD, CMD • Gail Sullivan, PhD, MSN, ARNP-BC, CCRN • Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD • Nadia Khan, RN, MPH • Virginia Kotzias, MPP

1:30pm EDT

FR15 | Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Wound Care Austin 4-6Shark Bird, MD, CMD • Scott Bolhack, MD, MBA, CMD • Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD • James Kramer, MD

3:30pm EDT

FR19 | Sepsis in LTC: Recognition and Appropriate Response Texas 1-2Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD • Sheila McLean, MBA, LNHA • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH • Theresa Rowe, DO, MS FR20 | This Year in Review for LTC Texas Ballroom DMilta Little, DO, CMD • Julie Gammack, MD, CMD • Angela Sanford, MD, CMD • Patricia Abele, RN, MSN, FNP-BC FR24 | Managing Heart Failure Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Addressing the Complex Cardiovascular Disease, and Knowing When and how to Incorporate Palliative Care (AGS/AMDA Joint Session) Texas 3-4Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Keith Swetz, MD, MA, HMDC • Rebecca Boxer, MD • Nicole Orr, MD FR25 | Reports from the Front: Updates On the Approach to UTI From Three Stewardship Projects Grapevine 1-2David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD • Cees Hertogh, MD, PhD

6:00am EDT

SA1 | Meet the Expert Breakfast Session -- When the Benefits Outweigh the Risks: Managing Chronic Mental Illness in PA/LTC Texas Ballroom CMaureen Nash, MD, MS

11:00am EDT

SA11 | The “How To” Implementation of Pain Management, Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds, and Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines in PA/LTC Grapevine Ballroom BGabriel Brandeis, MD, CMD • Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MEd, CMD • Robert Hogikyan, MD, MPH, CMD • Manisha Parulekar, MD, CMD • Deborah Way, MD, CMD • Victoria Nalls, GNP

2:30pm EDT

SA13 | Innovative Approaches to Implement Evidence Based Deprescribing Practices in PA/LTC Setting Texas Ballroom DKamal Wagle, MD, MPH, CMD • Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • John Derr, RPh SA17 | Providing PA/LTC to Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Grapevine 1-2Carl Tyler, Jr., MD, MS, CMD SA18 | Optimizing Function and Physical Activity Among Residents in AL Using a Dissemination and Implementation Approach Austin 4-6Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

4:00pm EDT

SA22 | Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: What to do About it in PA/LTC Texas 5-6Elizabeth Hames, DO, CMD • Kenya Rivas, MD, CMD • Suzanne Nall, RN, LNHA • Michael Felver, MD SA23 | Addressing the Needs and Challenges of Younger Adults in LTC Dallas 5-7Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD • Robert Gibson, JD, PhD

6:30am EDT

SU2 | Red Eye Rounds: Clinical Quandaries Texas Ballroom DDebra Bakerjian, PhD, APRN • Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD • David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Christopher Patterson, MD, CMD • Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Peter Winn, MD, CMD