Long Term and Home Parenteral Nutrition, Inside and Outside of the Bag

Long Term and Home Parenteral Nutrition: Inside and Outside of the Bag
Presented by: Anne Maher RD, LDN, CNSC
Tuesday February 24, 2015
Mercy Medical Center, 271 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104
(In the Medical Staff Room)

5:30-6:00pm Registration
6:00-7:30 pm Dinner and Speaker Presentation 2CEU’s
7:30-8:00pm Q&A

Anne Maher RD, LDN CNSC is the home infusion dietitian at Baystate Home Infusion & Respiratory Services. Anne’s responsible for managing nutrition support for hundreds of patients at a time who are at various stages during their life cycle and encompassing all different kinds of disease states. She coordinates daily with inpatient and long term care dietitians, doctors, insurance companies and pharmacists to ensure optimal continuity of care for her patients while they transition from the inpatient to home or long term care setting.

Anne will share her expertise and discuss characteristics and considerations of long term parenteral nutrition (PN) for patients at home or in a skilled nursing facility.

Objectives:
 Identify current indications for home and long term parenteral nutrition use.
 Understand formulation considerations for home and long term PN.
 Evaluate components of home and long term PN monitoring and management.
 Understand reimbursement issues for parenteral nutrition.
 Discuss criteria for a safe transition of the patient receiving PN from one healthcare setting to another, or to home.

WAMDA Members: $20, non-members: $25. Students and interns: $10

Please make check payable to WAMDA and send with this form to:
WAMDA c/o Rubina Husain 48 Riverside Drive, Unit A Florence MA 01062

To RSVP by phone or email;
Rubina Husain (413) 794-1547 or [email protected]

RSVP by February 20, 2015. Space is limited.