Course
Thursday 12th May 2022
Nursing and Care Homes String of Pearls PM
Speaker: Dr Nick Ardagh-Walter
1. To illustrate an approach to assessing and managing nursing/care home residents with multiple comorbidities
2. To highlight primary care support services available to aid in the management of patients in nursing/care homes locally
3. To formulate an approach to medication reviews in nursing/care homes
4. To identify common mental health presentations in a nursing/care home setting and how these can be managed.
About the speaker
Dr Nick Ardagh-Walter
After training in hospital medicine and then in Bristol and Nottingham, Nick has worked as an old age psychiatrist in Gloucester for 22 years, including spells as clinical director, and has chaired his Trust's Drugs and Therapeutics committee for ages. Within his specialty, he enjoys maintaining his general medical skills and being a generalist . He has a particular interest in difficult cases of depression but also diagnostic challenges with dementia.
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