The 2019 Freeport Physicians’ Education Day, Challenges in Care of the Elderly, will be held on May 1, 2019, at Bingeman’s Conference Centre in Kitchener.

Registration will open on January 2, 2019 at:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/challenges-in-care-of-the-elderly-tickets-51255188649

The full agenda is available here:  Draft Agenda 2019.

Topics will include:

Dr. Hemant Shah:  Management of Hepatitis C in Baby Boomers and Older Adults 

Dr. Nicole Didyk:  Cognitive Enhancers:  When to Start; What to Expect, When to Stop

Dr. Umjeet Jolly:  Medical and Interventional Management of Arrhythmias

Dr. Jonathan Bertram:  Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Elderly

Dr. Dov Gandell:  Preventive Care for the Older Adult

Dr. Scott Cook:  The Role of Pain Clinics in the Management of Chronic Pain

Dr. David Sherman:  Managing Difficult Behaviour in Dementia

Dr. Joanne Ho:  Is Geriatric Care Going to Pot?  A Geri-Med Risk Perspective