Target Audience Location of Event: Fox Chase Cancer Center This program is designed for novice and Center Building Auditorium experienced nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, 333 Cottman Avenue Clinic Assistants and any other clinicians who are Philadelphia, PA 19111 Fox Chase Cancer Center interested in or working with the geriatric oncology Parking is FREE at Fox Chase Cancer Center! Geriatric Oncology Program population. Please park in the East garage. Course Fee: Registration - $150.00 Continuing Education Credits Fox Chase Partners - $135.00 Fox Chase Cancer Center is an approved provider of TUHS employees - Free continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania The program includes continental breakfast and lunch State Nurses Association, an accredited approver Registration: by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Please register and pay electronically at: Commission on Accreditation. www.foxchase.org/CNE This program is approved for 7.0 contact hours. Cancellations: Awarding of the contact hours is provided for Refunds will be granted up to one week prior to the attendance at the entire conference and completion conference. No refunds will be granted beyond that Wednesday November 15, 2017 of a validation form and evaluation. time period. Schedule is subject to change. 7:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Email Policy: Fox Chase Cancer Center respects your right to privacy and will not sell, lease or provide your 7.0 Contact Hours Awarded Completion Criteria contact information to a third party. Participants who attend the entire program and complete the evaluation tool will be awarded 7.0 Wireless Access: Wireless Internet service is available. There is Continuing Education credits. Those who attend less an open connection for patients and visitors. No than the entire program will have credits prorated registration or password is required. to the time attended. By registering for this event you agree to be contacted after the event for a post event evaluation. 333 Cottman Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111 FoxChase.org Temple Health refers to the health, education and research activities carried out by the affiliates of Temple University Health System (TUHS) and by the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. TUHS neither provides nor controls the provision of health care. All health care is provided by its member organizations or independent health care providers affiliated with TUHS member organizations. Each TUHS member organization is owned and operated pursuant to its governing documents. Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center do not exclude participation in, and no one is denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, or source of payment. © Fox Chase Cancer Center. All rights reserved. 10/2017 Program Description Program Agenda Life expectancy in the U.S. is increasing, and the Wednesday November 15, 2017 number of “baby boomers” age ≥65 is expected to 12:30pm-1:30pm Management of Cancer in almost double by the year 2030. Since nearly 60% 7:30 am-7:45 am Registration and Continental Older Adults of all cancer cases occur in patients over the age Breakfast Efrat Dotan, MD of 65, the number of older adults with cancer is predicted to dramatically increase with the aging of 7:45 am-8:00 am Greeting and Announcements 1:30pm-2:30pm Pain and Palliative Care the U.S. population. Kate Murphy, CRNP, AOCNP, ACHPN 8:00 am-8:30am Medication and Drug Molly Collins, MD The overall plan of this program is to educate Interaction Considerations in oncology nurses in geriatrics by providing training the Elderly Cancer Patient 2:30pm-2:45pm BREAK from a multidisciplinary team of experts, to allow Dwight Kloth, PharmD, FCCP, BCOP for them to implement and communicate this 2:45pm-3:45pm Exercise and the Elderly 8:30am-9:00am Legal Concerns for the knowledge in their practices. Colleen Peterson, PT, MPT Geriatric Patient: Advance Directives 3:45pm-4:15pm Caregiver Burden Mary Fricker, JD, BSN, RN Marge Bernetsky, MSN, RN, OCN Course Objectives 9:00am-10:00am Geriatric Nutrition 4:15pm-4:30pm Closing and Evaluations 1. Instill in oncology nurses an understanding of Lauren Peters, RD, CSO, LDN how to advocate for the older adult and how to work with leadership in their institution to impact 10:00am-10:15am BREAK changes to care for this population. 2. Identify changes associated with aging and how 10:15am-10:45am Community Resources they affect cancer diagnosis, treatment and Mark Itzen, MSW, LCSW survival 10:45am-11:45am Cognitive Impairment and 3. Develop an implementation plan for effective Geriatric Syndromes: Medical techniques for improving the care of the older Treatment patient with cancer. Beth Corcoran, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC 11:45am-12:30pm LUNCH .