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Optimizing Psychosocial Care Of Older Adults With Cancer: An Early Assessment And Intervention Model, Lora Rhodes, Lcsw, Andrew Chapman, Do, Facp
Optimizing Psychosocial Care Of Older Adults With Cancer: An Early Assessment And Intervention Model, Lora Rhodes, Lcsw, Andrew Chapman, Do, Facp
Department of Medical Oncology Posters
Background
Jefferson Multidisciplinary Senior Adult Oncology Center
History
- Established September 2010
- First multidisciplinary geriatric oncology evaluation center in the tristate area
Demographics
- 890 patients evaluated to date
- All tumor types
- Age 70 and above & Pre-transplant (Bone Marrow) evaluation age 65 and above
Format
- Consultative service
- Two sessions weekly
- Average evaluation time: two hours
Multidisciplinary Team
- Navigator, Medical Oncologist, Geriatrician, Pharmacist, Nutritionist, Social Worker
- As needed: Psychiatry, Rehab Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Surgery
A Sensory-Based Program To Enhance Occupational Performance For Dementia, Naomi Grace Wong, Jacob Joseph Gantan, Ivy Annahi Torres-Flores, Heather Anne August
A Sensory-Based Program To Enhance Occupational Performance For Dementia, Naomi Grace Wong, Jacob Joseph Gantan, Ivy Annahi Torres-Flores, Heather Anne August
Student Research Posters
Dementia is a neurological disease, causing behavioral and cognitive symptoms, that progressively impairs an individual’s ability to engage in meaningful activities. Progressive deterioration associated with dementia impacts occupational performance and independence and quality of life. Sensory based interventions, such as drumming groups, have been hypothesized to be a non-pharmacological intervention for individuals with dementia. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a sensory based intervention program, in this case participation in a drumming group, on functional engagement during self-feeding for individuals with dementia. Researchers gathered data over the course of two days using the Functional Behavior …