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Demystifying Frailty

Friday, May 3, 2024
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Speaker(s)

Dr. Genevieve Casey


Session Details

At the end of this session, participants will be able to: - Review frailty, frailty assessment tools and frailty treatments; - Discuss different practical approaches for assessing frailty during a MAID assessment.


Speaker

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Dr. Genevieve Casey
The Ottawa Hospital

Speaker

Biography

Dr Genevieve Casey works as a Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa Division of Medicine. She have a clinical interest in end of life care for individuals with dementia and/or severe stage frailty, dementia in doctors, and best clinical practices our elderly population in the emergency department. Prior to becoming a physician she worked in health policy and negotiations for different national level organizations.

I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a for-profit or not-for-profit organization.

I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e., “off-label” use of medications).
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