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SUMMARY:Frailty and safety: need routine hospital care be so hazardous to o
 ur largest most vulnerable constituency?
DESCRIPTION:By the end of the presentation\, participants will be able to:\
 n\n\nDefine frailty and explain the current discussions around it.\nAnalyz
 e why routine hospital care frequently poses safety risks to older individ
 uals living with frailty.\nDiscuss the ongoing and planned actions aimed a
 t improving safety and care.\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\nKenneth Rockwo
 od\, MD\, FRCPC\, FRCP\, is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine &amp
 \; Neurology) and the Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research
  at Dalhousie University in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. A member of the Senior 
 Leadership team at Nova Scotia Health\, he is the inaugural lead of the Fr
 ailty &amp\; Elder Care Network. Ken has key roles on numerous studies in 
 Canada and elsewhere. In 1985 he received his MD from Memorial University 
 in St. John’s\, NL\, completed training in Internal Medicine at the Univ
 ersity of Alberta (1989)\, and in Geriatric Medicine from Dalhousie Univer
 sity (1991). He is a leading international authority on frailty.\n
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