The COVID-19 pandemic poses post-acute and long-term care providers with unprecedented challenges. The infection has very high mortality rates in skilled nursing facility residents and the severe respiratory infection has placed great strain on hospitals around the country. PALTC providers need tools to discuss advance care planning with SNF residents and their families to ensure patients receive goal-concordant care in an ethically sound fashion. Join Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, Dr. Kevin Henning, and Dr. Laurent Adler in a moderated discussion of these issues.

Join Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, Dr. Kevin Henning, and Dr. Laurent Adler in a moderated discussion.

Wednesday,  April 15, 2020 6:00 PM PDT  Click to Register

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Dr. Laurent Adler is the Medical Director for Optum’s Institutional and Dual Special Needs Programs in Georgia. Prior to Optum he worked as a geriatrician, as a hospice medical director, and as founder of the physician home visit program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Kevin Henning is the Medical Director for Optum’s Institutional Special Needs Programs in Washington and Oregon. He is a family physician, is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, and is on the faculty of Vital Talk

Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, President, Washington Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

This webinar is sponsored by the Washington State Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and Comagine Health.