LECTURE LUNCHEON: Frailty: A Common Theme and Opportunity in Multiple Sclerosis and Geriatric Rehabilitation (820838)

Thursday, October 22, 2020

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

Moderator(s)

Mark A. Hirsch, PhD, FACRM

Senior Scientist
Carolinas Rehabilitation
Charlotte, North Carolina

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Emily Nalder, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)

Asistant Professor
University of Toronto, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Toronto, Ontario

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Michele K. York, PhD, ABPP-CN

Associate Professor, Section Head, Neuropsychology
Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Presenter(s)

Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MPH

Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM

Director, MS Research
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, Georgia

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Panelist(s)

Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Arvada, Colorado

The Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Rehabilitation Networking Group are excited to invite you to our 2020 ACRM Lecture Luncheon Symposium titled: Frailty: A common theme and opportunity in multiple sclerosis and geriatric rehabilitation. Dr. Jonathan Bean will summarize the preeminent conceptual models of frailty within geriatric care and how they relate to conceptual models of disablement guiding rehabilitative care. Evidence for exercise and new opportunities for innovations in rehabilitative care and research targeting frailty outcomes will be identified. Dr. Deborah Backus will discuss variables associated with risk of frailty in people with MS and suggest evidence-based approaches to preventing this slow and steady decline in function in people with MS, the role of exercise and rehabilitation strategies for optimizing health and function in people with MS, with specific focus on the meaningfulness of a trial evaluating comparative effectiveness of modes of delivery of an exercise program for people with MS.

Learning Objectives:

Define frailty and discuss how these concepts overlap or diverge in the multiple sclerosis (MS) and geriatric populations.
Discuss the rationale and importance for considering frailty and progressive functional decline in rehabilitation of people who are aging and/or are experiencing progression of disability due to MS.
Describe the opportunities for rehabilitation medicine to improve care and prevent or slow frailty and progressive dwindling in the MS and geriatric populations.