Program for Tuesday April 28, 2026

Additional fee session

The AGS CoCare®: HELP program, formerly known as The Hospital Elder Life Program, originally created by Dr. Sharon Inouye, is a well-studied, effective, and innovative model of hospital care designed to prevent both delirium and functional decline. Learn about implementation strategies and how your hospital can adopt the program, as well as strategies for sustainability & longevity to ensure success of AGS CoCare: HELP in the hospital. Learning Objectives: (1) describe the impact of hospital-acquired delirium on patient outcomes, workforce burden, and organizational quality metrics; (2) identify innovative strategies that support reliable delirium prevention; (3) discuss practical methods for leveraging pre-professional and health science students as interns or volunteers to enhance delirium prevention efforts while supporting workforce development; (4) explain how electronic health record tools can be used to proactively identify patients at highest risk for delirium; and (5) identify strategies leaders can use to translate delirium risk reduction initiatives into measurable clinical and operational results.

Co-Chairs: Diane Chau, MD & David Picella, NP

The mission of this SIG is to provide a forum where issues that impact homeless older adults are presented and discussed, and geriatrics healthcare professionals can interact to find and expand access to care for homeless older individuals; to address the growing homeless epidemic by educating, promoting awareness, and assuring quality healthcare evidence and data to support homeless geriatrics care. To accomplish our mission, we: (1) disseminate knowledge regarding homelessness and poor health; (2) develop relationships with a broad range of other groups (social welfare, financial, public, academic) to aid in our mission and collate solutions for assuring adequate healthcare for homeless older adults; (3) promote clinical practices and address practice gaps that will improve the health status of older adults who live without homes or are at risk of homelessness.

Chair: Noll L. Campbell, PharmD, MS

The mission of this SIG is to bring together AGS members who are dedicated to advancing the health care of older adults living with dementia by advancing clinical research in geriatrics across disciplines and care settings; to disseminate interdisciplinary, evidence-based clinical knowledge about the management of dementia in older adults. 

Co-Chairs:  Hawa Abu, MD, PhD, MPH & Douglas Lane, PhD

The Faith, Religiosity, Spirituality, and Aging Special Interest Group aims to create a collaborative space for geriatric and non-geriatric clinicians and researchers to explore the influence of faith, religiosity, and spirituality on the well-being and health outcomes of older adults. Our goal is to translate these insights into clinical practice while building meaningful partnerships with faith-based organizations to support older adults throughout their lives. 

Chair: Ella H. Bowman, MD, PhD, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP

This meeting is open to anyone interested in geriatric medicine consultative services across all care settings. Participants will collaborate with fellow attendees about how geriatrics consultative services are provided in various clinical settings. Our discussions focus on what services are in demand; the types of older adults we are asked to see; various collaborative efforts with other services; billing processes and concerns; efforts to incorporate geriatrics teaching within the consultative setting; and the types of problems we encounter as a group. 

Co-Chairs: Niharika Suchak, MBBS, MHS, FACP & Savitri Ramdial, MD, CMD
 

This SIG brings together AGS members who have an interest in the development of international initiatives in geriatrics care and education. As the older adult population continues to grow globally, there has been an increasing demand for health and social-service systems tailored to older adult needs. We promote awareness of global trends in aging and healthcare issues in older adults across continents and international borders. We emphasize optimizing care of older adults around the world by enhancing networking and establishing partnerships. This can translate into improved geriatrics care and education, greater use of technology to conduct didactic sessions with participants from multiple countries, long-term international collaborations for models of care and geriatrics education, and increased involvement and representation of AGS members in international geriatrics conferences and organizations.

Co-Chairs: Josette A. Rivera, MD & Todd C. James, MD

The mission of this SIG is to explore how broad health professional interest in collaboration is changing health education and practice. While geriatrics has long recognized the importance of teams, this has not been a widely recognized focus of health education or practice until recently. Interprofessional education refers to "two or more professionals learn[ing] about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes." All are welcome!