The Princeton Senior Resource Center is set to offer a Lunch and Learn presentation on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments on Friday, Feb. 13.
The presentation will be given by Dr. David Barile who is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, palliative care and hospice.
Barile is the CEO of NJ Goals of Care, a nonprofit organization that he established in 2009 that focuses on documenting elders’ wishes for care as they approach their final years.
Providing medical care for the elderly often involves medically and ethically complex decision-making, requiring consideration of patients’ multiple conditions, quality of life, and their wishes regarding treatment. Barile will describe how assessment tools help to establish the goals of care that is most beneficial to the patient.
Barile is also involved in Practitioners Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments, or POLST, which allows patients to document the types of care that they do or do not want to receive. The form created by Barile and his colleagues begins by asking patients to express their “goals of care.” While POLST is voluntary in New Jersey, state health officials plan to lead a state-wide education effort to promote it.
The free event will take place at the Suzanne Patterson Building located at 45 Stockton Street in Princeton.
Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided. Registration is encouraged.
