1st Annual Geriatric Symposium

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1st Annual Geriatric Symposium

• Lisa Killinger, DC
• Barry Wiese, DC
• Paul Dougherty, DC

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Meeting the Challenges of the Future

• Changes within the aging population and addresses
  future needs
• FLGEC grant
• Cultural competencies in caring for aging
  patients

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Chiropractic and Aging

• Estimated 11-15 of older adults
• use chiropractic

Most common complaint Musculoskeletal

• Growing geriatric population
• Will see rise in older adults seeking care

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Are we ready as a profession?

• Are we ready for this upcoming surge?
• Is geriatrics being addressed adequately in
  schools?
• Classroom education?
• Clinical exposure?

• Time to invest in Geriatric healthcare is now

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How do we proceed?

• Changes to make at the
• Educational level
• Practicing physician level
• Educational level
• Integrate geriatrics into core
  curriculum
• Health education and wellness
  program
• Increased exposure to aging
  population
• Practicing physician level
• Post graduate seminars

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Multidisciplinary ModelChiropractic Education
in a Medical Setting

• Health care is becoming integrated
• To survive, we must meet challenges of the future
• We need to train doctors in an integrated setting
• Are we embracing the multidisciplinary model?

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NYCC Experimental Clinic

• Started in 2002
• Located at a community hospital
• Initially began as a part time clinic, now full
  time
• Grown to involve teaching of chiropractic as well
  as medical students.

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2006 HRSA Grant Recipient

• Purpose of Grant
• Increase awareness in chiropractic
• profession of needs of older adults
• Develop geriatric curriculum for
• students
• Curriculum includes didactic and
• experiential components

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Cultural Competency in Caring for Aging Patients

• Why care?

• Changes in demographics
• - Ex LA biggest population Hispanics
• - Future older, more diversity, more urban

• Better outcomes by understanding cultural
• differences
• - Ex Elderly
• - Chirophobia fear of breakage

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Summary

• Future changes challenges us to examine where we
  are
• - Are we ready for the changes?
• - How do we address these changes in
• our schools as well as for practicing
  
• doctors?