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The Geriatric Nephrology Symposium 2021
The inaugural Royal Society of Medicine Geriatric Nephrology Symposium will support healthcare professionals to deliver evidence-based care for older people living with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Leading academics and healthcare professionals will discuss approaches to care, with an emphasis on what matters most to our patients. Researchers will present their ongoing studies relevant to geriatric nephrology and the future evidence needed to inform the care of older people living with CKD.
This webinar will:
- Explain the concept of frailty and its relevance for nephrology
- Describe approaches that services are implementing for older people living with frailty
- Discuss care priorities for older people living with CKD
- Describe how to perform a Geriatric Assessment for people living with CKD
- Discuss the importance of shared decision making with people living with frailty and CKD
- Identify challenges in providing home dialysis therapies for older people and describe approaches to overcome them
- Compare types of vascular access, and their associated risks and benefits, in older people living with CKD
- Discuss the merits of assessing frailty prior to transplantation
- Describe the COVID-19 vaccine response in older people living with CKD
- Discuss future research needed to inform care of older people living with CKD
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