Nursing Home Medicine - The Basics for Advocates

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Pacific Time (US & Canada)
  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform LSC funded
  • https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/398348680
  • Source: CALegalAdvocates (Decommissioned) > CALegalAdvocates.org

CANHR is very pleased to announce a free webinar for legal services programs and long-term care Ombudsman on nursing home medicine basics. The webinar will be presented by Dr. Kathryn Locatell, one of California's foremost geriatricians.

**Please note that only Legal Services Staff members and LTC Ombudsman may register for this webinar.



Dr. Locatell will talk about common nursing home care issues from a physician's perspective such as pressure sores, falls, and infections. She will also discuss treatment concerns like care planning, physical restraints, the importance of treating pain, and the recent attention to dementia care and the efforts to end the misuse of psychotropic drugs as chemical restraints.



During the webinar, Dr. Locatell will explain how the payment structures in nursing homes affects the way care is delivered and policy considerations for improving the quality of care received.



Dr. Locatell is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine. She has attended many nursing home residents throughout the Sacramento area and served as a medical director of a Sacramento nursing home for nine years. For the past five years, Dr. Locatell has been the medical consultant for the Attorney General's Operation Guardians program, which performs surprise on-site inspections in California nursing homes.

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