Aging Gracefully: Navigating the Normal Aging Process for Primary Care Clinicians

Overview

We are living longer and healthier lives. Learn what to expect for your patients and yourself with age. We will review how to differentiate normal aging from disease processes that need further investigation and identify conditions more common with age using the 5Ms of Geriatrics framework.

Learning Objectives

• Describe changes in memory that occur with normal aging and ways patients can stay mentally active
• Identify three physiologic changes with age that contribute to mobility impairments in older adults
• Explain why older adults are at increased risk of adverse drug events and summarize the updated 2023 American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
• Discuss two gastrointestinal and genitourinary concerns that are more common in older adults