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Digital Seminar

The Clinician’s Guide to Reducing Falls: Evidence-Based Strategies that Work


Faculty:
Trent Brown
Duration:
5 Hours 55 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 11, 2018
Product Code:
WDS020777
Brochure Code:
PTREDUFALL
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

As a clinician who has worked in skilled nursing, home health, acute, and transitional care, I’ve seen and treated too many patients who experience falls. In the past, I focused too much of my attention on strengthening the low extremity or solely on home modification, which resulted in seeing minimal gains. What was I missing? There had to be a better way to treat this population. Finally, I discovered that by examining the myriad causes to falls – psychological, physiological, visual, and neuromuscular – I could effectively treat my patients by improving functional and occupational performance and giving them confidence with mobility in their home and community.  

 

In this lab-intensive training, learn and practice the evidence-based tools I use to help prevent falls. Feel confident and comfortable using these proven strategies that immediately carry over into your clinical setting.  


Course Outline

THE COST OF FALLS

  • Frequency of falls – a breakdown in the US
  • Results of falls
  • Cost and future projections
  • Environments where falls occur

 

CAUSES OF FALLS AND WAYS TO REDUCE THEM

  • Specific causes
    • Medication
    • Ageism
    • Diagnosis
    • Contracture
    • Weakness
    • Compensatory gait patterns
  • Common associations leading to falls
    • Fear of falling (stiffening strategy)
    • Genomic hypovitaminosis
    • Gender
    • UE weakness
  • Visual space relation and fixation duration
    • Soleustretch and Visual Stance demonstration
    • LAB
  • PNF functional strengthening techniques (CR vs HR vs CRAC)
    • GRAC Rowing (Modified D1, D2)
    • Gastroclock with CRAC technique
    • LAB
  • Medication and mechanism
  • Type I iliopsoas contracture and anterior pelvic tilt vs. posterior pelvic tilt
    • Male vs. female
    • Lengthen and shorten demonstration
    • LAB

 

CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ROLE IN REDUCING FALLS

  • Education
    • Sleep, adaptive equipment, home environment
    • Fall reduction in the home
    • Otago and other “fall reduction” programs
      • 4-Test Balance Scale (LAB)
      • Chair Stand Test

 

BEST PRACTICE: ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXERCISES

  • Fall risk evaluations
    • Functional reach (FRT), TUG, Fall Algorithm
    • LAB
  • Hip/frontal plane stabilizers
    • Reducing circumduction, shuffle, or Trendelenburg gait
    • Trochanter Tension
    • LAB
  • Hip mobilizers
    • Seated and standing mobilization technique
    • Dynamic PNF chops
    • Quad sit-up (LAB)
    • Log roll
  • Determinants of gait
  • Exercise/activity dose and frequency

 

DOCUMENTATION AND CASE STUDY

  • 5 platforms of successful documentation
  • Documentation examples
  • Case study 

Credits


_01 Continuing Education Information

Continuing Education Information

This educational offering is designed to qualify for continuing education for many professionals in every state.

Materials that are included in this course could include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice for your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this educational offering. Please note, your state licensing board dictates what is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact customerservice@vyne.com or 800-397-0180.

CE information is based on 100% attendance.


Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants - Florida

is an approved provider #50-466 with the Florida Department of Health Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. This course is approved for 6.0 contact hour(s) for Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistants.


Other Professions

This educational offering qualifies for 6.0 continuing education hour(s) as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements. 


Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants - Illinois

is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #:216.000309. This course qualifies for 6.0 CE Credit Hour(s).


Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants

This educational offering consists of 6.0 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants - New York

is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. This seminar is awarded 7.2 contact hour(s).


 

ADA

If you require ADA accommodations, please contact Vyne Education at least two weeks before the seminar date or prior to purchasing any online or distance learning products so that arrangements can be made.


 

All Professionals

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Certificates, Educational Offering Completion Requirements

Certificates will be awarded upon receipt of payment and successful completion of the educational offering and evaluation form.


 

Requirements

Please note that full attendance and the completion of a post course assessment with a score of 80% or greater is required to receive full credit. Variable credit will not be awarded.


 

Technology Requirements: Digital Seminars, Live Video Webcast, and Online Course will require participants to set up a personal portal account via Vyne Education, LLC.’s website at www.vyne.com and have access to a computer with a sound device. Participants will have digital access to the  recording, course manual, post-test, and evaluation form. 

DVDs are sent through the mail (USPS). Participants will need access to a computer with an internet connection and a DVD drive. Participants will receive an Instruction Sheet and a DVD containing a link to the course manual, the video-recording, and a link to post-test and evaluation form. Participants have two options when completing their post-test and evaluation form; Participants may complete their test and evaluation online, which will require access to a computer and their personal portal account, or they may download, print, and complete the paper test and mail back to Vyne Education.  



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Faculty

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TRENT BROWN, MOT, OTR/L, BCG, is a licensed occupational therapist in Utah and Nevada and is 1 of 24 credential holders of a board certification in gerontology from the AOTA. Currently, he is the director for Pineview within the Advanced Healthcare Corporation specializing in adult and geriatric inpatient transitional rehabilitation. Mr. Brown served as the Vice President for the Utah Occupational Therapy Association (UOTA) for 2 years where he supervised the continuing education committee and conference committee. During his term, he co-authored SB 131 advancing OT practice in the state of Utah and has received multiple awards for his clinical, academic, and legislative work. Mr. Brown is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah and has been teaching in their department since 2007. He has provided courses for thousands of clinicians throughout the country in various settings lecturing and demonstrating on the core, joint replacement, legislation, documentation, and aging. He has also been a keynote speaker at multiple events throughout the country.

Speaker Disclosures: 

 

Financial: Trent Brown has employment relationships with the Utah Department of Health and the University of Utah. He receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Trent Brown has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Target Audience

Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Long-Term Care Staff, Nursing Home Administrators

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