April 2023

GERIATRICS

WHAT MATTERS MOST IN GERIATRIC CARE: THE 5 M'S OF AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH CARE

Featuring: Anna Liggett, MD and ​​Alexandra Petrakos, MD

Episode Summary

In this Better Edge podcast episode, Anna Liggett, MD, and Alexandra Petrakos, MD, both assistant professors of Internal Medicine and of Geriatrics at Northwestern Medicine, discuss the importance of patient-centered care and "What Matters Most" in geriatric medicine. Their conversation focuses on the five M's of age-friendly health care: medications, mentation, mobility, multi-morbidity and what matters most. Dr. Petrakos and Dr. Liggett share their research methods and findings, including survey responses from patients who were in a skilled nursing facility in the last six months.
Anna Liggett, MD, assistant professor of Geriatrics.
Alexandra Petrakos, MD, assistant professor of Geriatrics

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