Symposium

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine

Health Services Research

Measurement

Frailty and Sarcopenia (848000)

Presenter(s)

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  Ahmed Negm, MD, MSc, PhD

  Postdoctoral fellow
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Carmel L. Montgomery, RN, MN, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Institute of Health Economics & Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta

Panelist(s)

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  Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM

  Associate Professor
  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Arvada, Colorado

The burden of aging on older adults’ capacity, health-care utilization, and their cost of care arise mainly from geriatric syndromes. In this symposium, two emerging geriatric syndromes, frailty, and sarcopenia, will be discussed.
Frailty can be characterized as a state of diminished reserves (energy, physical ability, cognition, health) to the extent that function is reduced and the person is more vulnerable to external stressors (e.g., new medication or urinary tract infection). Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder that is associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes including falls, fractures, physical disability, and mortality. During this symposium, we will: 1- discuss the impact of frailty and sarcopenia, 2- compare different frailty and sarcopenia measurement tools and 3- summarize the updated evidence-based frailty and sarcopenia interventions and guidelines.

Learning Objectives:

• define frailty and sarcopenia
• describe the impact of frailty and sarcopenia on older adults
• conduct frailty and sarcopenia assessment
• list the most effective frailty and sarcopenia interventions