AMDA Roundtable Webinar: Gentler Journeys - Easing Transitions of Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness

ACCME CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

For people with serious mental illness (SMI), transitions from the nursing home to the hospital or the community, or from the hospital to the nursing home, each bring their own set of challenges. This webinar will address the common barriers that exist around transitions of care for people with SMI and provide strategies and tips for optimizing transitions and ensuring the best possible care for these patients. Panelists will discuss ways to identify and engage community and facility resources, improve communication within the interprofessional team, and work with families to clarify expectations and care goals.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe specific challenges that exist when transitioning a person with SMI from an acute care setting to the nursing home, and from the nursing home to an acute care setting or the community.
2. Review effective discharge management processes for patients with SMI, ensuring smooth transitions and continuity of care.
3. Identify the psychological and psychiatric supports that are needed before, during and after transitions and determine when a referral to a psychiatric facility is needed.
4. Implement tools to ensure optimal communication between the behavioral health provider, medical provider, nursing, administrator, social worker, and other members of the interprofessional team.

Ideal for medical directors, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, certified nursing home administrators working in long-term care facilities.

Moderator:

Sing Palat, MD, CMD, Medical Director and Physician, Optum Senior Community Care and Long-term Care Rehab

Panelists:

1. Tana Whitt, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Chief Clinical Officer, MindCare Solutions
2. Lauren Gleason, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
3. Nadia Abbas, MBBS LCSW, Director of Care Coordination, UChicago Medicine
4. Barbara Bates, RN, MSN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT