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Susan Blair, OTR/L, BCPR, BCG Related seminars and products

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SUSAN BLAIR, OTR/L, BCPR, BCG has practiced as an Occupational Therapist for almost 30 years in a variety of clinical service areas, including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, home health, skilled nursing/assisted living, and pediatrics. Currently, she is the OT clinical staff developer and lead OT for Novant Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Her AOTA Board Certification in both Physical Rehabilitation and Gerontology makes her uniquely qualified to educate rehabilitation staff throughout the continuum of care. Ms. Blair has provided guest lectures in her area of expertise, she has collaborated on clinical research with academic OT programs, and her clinical intervention features have appeared in several OT publications. She is an instructor at both the local, state, and national levels. 

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Objectives

1. Identify current trends in aging population statistics, lifestyle choices, patient goals, and utilization of rehabilitation services for older people
2. Examine cost effective geriatric assessment tools applicable to home health/SNF/ALF patients
3. Utilize successful therapeutic interventions to provide geriatric patients with meaningful and purposeful activities which are age and gender appropriate
4. Construct creative and functional therapeutic tools from inexpensive, practical items found in the home
5. Gain understanding of geriatric comorbidities such as diabetes, COPD, CHF, and depression, and their implications for developing frailty in community dwellers
6. Determine the use of outcome measures and develop education resources using patient-centered goals with geriatric clients

Outline

• Population statistics
• Lifestyle choices
• Medical co-morbidities
• Goals of population

• Assessing geriatric clients
• Determining appropriate plan of care quickly, effectively, and accurately
• Using cost-effective, practical, standardized, multidisciplinary tests
  • Functional ADL testing
  • Depression scales
  • Fragility scales
  • Cognitive impairment due to chronic co-morbidities or acute illness vs. dementia

• Kitchen
  • Low vision - identifying temperatures
  • Mobility - use of nail apron for walker safety
  • Cognition/Safety - injury prevention using signs
• Bedroom
  • Safety - reducing falls with adaptive bed covers
  • Accessibility - door frame paint for bathroom access
  • Mobility - multi-purpose furniture
  • Cognition - smiley face stickers to aid in dressing
  • ADLs - cardboard separators for clothing
• Bathroom
  • Low vision - contrast tape for shower threshold step
  • Safety - medication management devices
  • Accessibility - mounting commonly used items
  • Mobility - colorful signs to reduce falls
  • ADLs - sequencing cards
• Living Room
  • Safety - adaptive carriers
  • Accessibility - adapting favorite chair
  • Mobility - reading nook for transfer and purposeful reaching practice
  • Cognition - multipurpose board game
• Laundry Room
  • Safety - storage idea to reduce falls
  • Accessibility - rolling basket organization
  • Mobility - table top sorting area using pipe and baskets
• Home Office
  • Cognition - easy to read bill pay reminder board
  • Accessibility - adaptive technology
  • Communication - tablets, social media, computer learning
• Garage
  • Accessibility - build portable “man table”
  • Mobility - splint material for safe transfers
  • Safety - work aprons for storage
  • Cognition - floor signage ideas
• Outside Home
  • Accessibility - raised garden beds
  • Safety - low cost lightening options/grab bars
  • Cognition - birdhouse building for task completion
  • Mobility - ramps and adaptive seating low budget
• Community
  • Accessibility - pre-driving and return to driving resources
  • Mobility - activity vs. exercise in community
  • Cognition - white boards for scheduling appointments

• Video case study
• Sharing successful interventions
• Q/A

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