Who Let the Dogs IN: Helping our Four Legged Friends Visit at the Bedside (FR434)

Abstract

the needs of disadvantaged patients and those with dementia are key themes. Over 1/3 of successful GWEP applicants have incorporated palliative care educational and clinical initiatives into their projects. This will be the only major federal funding for geriatrics in the coming years; it is critical to leverage this opportunity and learn from this experience. Thus far, the GWEP roll out has received little attention within the palliative care field. This session will explore the full range of palliative GWEP initiatives. The moderator will introduce the background to the GWEP geriatrics-palliative care collaborations and panelists will briefly describe current projects in several categories while identifying target learners, sites of care, clinical/educational methods and special patient populations. Attendees will then rotate freely among breakout tables exploring projects devoted to: nursing home care, curricular innovations, patients with dementia, home/hospice care and primary care/community initiatives. Attendees will plan how to apply these new models to better collaborate with geriatrics colleagues back in their home institutions.