Optimizing Psychosocial Care of Older Adults with Cancer: An Early Assessment and Intervention Model

Authors

Lora Rhodes, LCSW, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Andrew Chapman, DO, FACP, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Background

Jefferson Multidisciplinary Senior Adult Oncology Center

History

• Established September 2010
• First multidisciplinary geriatric oncology evaluation center in the tristate area

Demographics

• 890 patients evaluated to date
• All tumor types
• Age 70 and above & Pre-transplant (Bone Marrow) evaluation age 65 and above

Format

• Consultative service
• Two sessions weekly
• Average evaluation time: two hours

Multidisciplinary Team

• Navigator, Medical Oncologist, Geriatrician, Pharmacist, Nutritionist, Social Worker
• As needed: Psychiatry, Rehab Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Surgery

Publication Date

11-17-2018

Keywords

geriatric oncolocy, psychological care, social work, patients

Disciplines

Geriatrics | Medicine and Health Sciences | Oncology | Psychiatry and Psychology

Comments

Presented at the 2018 International Society of Geriatric Oncology

Recommended Citation

Rhodes, LCSW, Lora and Chapman, DO, FACP, Andrew, "Optimizing Psychosocial Care of Older Adults with Cancer: An Early Assessment and Intervention Model" (2018). Department of Medical Oncology Posters. 6.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medoncposters/6