Nursing Home Pneumonia Diagnosis & Management in the 21st Century

Date & Fee: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 / 6:15–8P.M.

There is NO CHARGE for this program, however registration is required.

Purpose/Audience/Objectives:
This meeting will include an update on long-term care professional issues as well as a presentation on diagnosing and managing nursing home pneumonia.

All health care staff in post-acute and long-term care settings, medical directors, physicians managing long-term care patients, advanced practice professionals, nursing staff, nursing home administrators and non-PMDA members are welcome to attend.

• Discuss the role of resistant organisms as a cause of nursing home-associated pneumonia [NHAP]
• Provide a bedside approach to identify NHAP
• Distinguish aspiration pneumonia from aspiration pneumonitis
• Discuss the etiology of NHAP
• Review treatment options in the nursing home including duration of treatment

Schedule / 6:15PM – 8:00PM:

• 6:15: Exhibits & Dinner
• 6:30: PMDA Business Update, Announcements and Highlights
• 6:45: Nursing Home Pneumonia Diagnosis and Management in the 21st Century
• 7:45: Speaker Q&A and Wrap-up
• 8:00: Adjournment

Credit / AMA, CMD, NHA credits