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Digital Seminar

Geriatric Rehab on a Budget: Functional Interventions for Post-Acute Patients Using Everyday Items


Faculty:
Susan Blair, OTR/L, BCPR, BCG
Duration:
5 Hours 59 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 28, 2017
Product Code:
WDS020555
Brochure Code:
PTGERIBU
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

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Description

Returning home is one of the most important discharge goals for today’s seniors. For rehabilitation therapists, home health can be rewarding and challenging with endless functional possibilities but limited clinical resources. This creative course presents fresh, exciting ideas to help patients achieve their functional goals using practical interventions and minimal resources.

Watch Susan Blair, one of only two Occupational Therapists who is dually credited by the AOTA Board in physical rehabilitation and in gerontology, as she presents her unique approach to creating an optimal therapeutic environment in today’s geriatric home setting. Help baby boomers return to the independent lifestyles they seek by properly assessing comorbidities and by incorporating patient-centered goals and priorities. At the same time, you will learn to create a functional intervention plan for geriatric patients by using everyday items to address specific therapeutic goals. This course is a must-have for all rehab professionals who want to enhance their skills.

Credits


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 - Arkansas

This program has been approved by the Arkansas State Board Of Physical Therapy for 6.0 contact hour(s) for Physical Therapists.


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 - Kansas

This program has been submitted to the Kansas Physical Therapy Association for 6.0 contact 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 Jersey

This program has been submitted for 6.0 continuing education credit(s) to the New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants.


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).


Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists (General)

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. 



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Faculty

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


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. 


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Target Audience

Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Speech-Language Pathologists, Nurses, Skilled Nursing Staff, Assisted Living community staff, Nursing Home Administrators, Home Health Agency Staff

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

A ROAD MAP FOR THE FUTURE OF HOME HEALTH
  • Population statistics
  • Lifestyle choices
  • Medical co-morbidities
  • Goals of population
GUIDELINES OF CARE - ASSESSMENT
  • 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
GUIDELINES OF CARE- INTERVENTION
  • 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
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • Video case study
  • Sharing successful interventions
  • Q/A

Reviews

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Overall:      4.6

Total Reviews: 92

Comments

Christa P - HAMPDEN, Maine

"Great course, very informative. Provided very useful information and recommendations"

Lauri P - Kansas City, Missouri

"Susan is a great presenter. Loved her enthusiasm."

Alida G - MILLVILLE, New Jersey

"I really liked this seminar , Ms. Susan made it very intresting and provided ideas , tool to apply in practice with geriatric patients and she also made you apply it in your own life identifying with her in regards to her parents, relatives. very insightfull. I follewed it through webcast from the Nederland and it was as if I was right there in the room with the attendees. The streaming quality was perfect and the sound of her speaking. very insightfull and educational."

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