Medications & Elders: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Dr. Elizabeth A. Landsverk - Medications & Elders: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

There will be networking, food, beverages, and door prizes. This is a free, but please RSVP so there will be enough food.

Elizabeth Landsverk, MD, is a Geriatrician providing house calls for complicated patients in the San Francisco Bay area.
Dr. Landsverk is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. She is triple board certified in Geriatrics, Internal and Palliative Medicines. Dr. Landsverk has been a Hospice Medical Director and consulted for the San Francisco Elder
Abuse Forensics Center. She is also the medical director for two dementia communities in the Bay Area.

The Doctor will address common medications prescribed for elders, their effectiveness, danger, and how they work differently in our body and brain as we age.