Neuro Navigators: A Medbridge Podcast

Neuro Navigators Episode 8: How Can You Make a Real Impact on Frailty, Deconditioning, and Sarcopenia?


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Dr. Carole Lewis, an esteemed expert in geriatric rehabilitation, joins host J.J. Mowder-Tinney to discuss practical pearls for managing frailty, deconditioning, and sarcopenia in older adults. Drawing on Dr. Lewis’s extensive clinical experience and research, this episode is jam-packed with key outcome measures, targeted interventions, and strategies to empower your patients toward greater independence. Listen and learn from a conversation centered around bringing hope and skill to a population that too many people overlook and underestimate.


Learning Objectives

  • Interpret the evidence around older adults with sarcopenia, deconditioning, and frailty
  • Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to facilitate improved participation in daily activities for older adults with sarcopenia, deconditioning, and frailty
  • Solve patient case scenarios involving older adults with sarcopenia, deconditioning, and frailty
  • Timestamps

    • (00:00:00) Introduction and Overview
    • (00:09:00) The Clinical Challenge of Working With Frail and Deconditioned Patients
    • (00:13:20) Assessing Frailty, Deconditioning, and Sarcopenia
    • (00:18:24) Practical Tools for Assessing Frailty, Deconditioning, and Sarcopenia
    • (00:27:31) Documenting and Communicating the Presence of Frailty, Deconditioning, and Sarcopenia
    • (00:30:22) Intervention Strategies
    • (00:50:15) Top Takeaways
    • (00:51:30) Case Study
    • (00:55:50) Final Words of Wisdom
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