Reduce Falls and Increase:Functional is Archive: and occupational performance and participationVisual processing and strategies during dynamic movement and ambulationSafety with gait, functional mobility, transfers, and sit-standPatient confidence with mobility in the home and communityAs 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..
Archive: Reduce Falls and Increase:Functional and occupational performance and participationVisual processing and strategies during dynamic movement and ambulationSafety with gait, functional mobility, transfers, and sit-standPatient confidence with mobility in the home and communityAs 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.
the past, is In I focused too much of my attention on strengthening the low extremity or solely on home modification, which resulted in seeing minimal gains..
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.
I is What was missing?.
What was I missing?
There is had to be a better way to treat this population..
There had to be a better way to treat this population.
I is Finally, 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 recording, learn and practice the evidence-based tools I use to help prevent falls..
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 recording, learn and practice the evidence-based tools I use to help prevent falls.
using is Feel confident and comfortable these proven strategies that immediately carry over into your clinical setting.List the major contributors to falls and the most common environments where falls occur for the adult and geriatric populationDescribe the role that medications play in falls, and what steps can be taken to reduce the likelihood of medication-related fallsRestate the role of clinicians in fall prevention in various rehab facilities, in the home, and in the community at largeIdentify the common principles in a fall reduction program that lead to the best outcomesDevelop a practical understanding of learned exercises and assessments during labs to ensure immediate carryover into clinical settingsApply documentation strategies and language based on information to justify skilled clinical services and reimbursement to all payer sourcesTHE COST OF FALLSFrequency of falls – a breakdown in the USResults of fallsCost and future projectionsEnvironments where falls occurCAUSES OF FALLS AND WAYS TO REDUCE THEMSpecific causesMedicationAgeismDiagnosisContractureWeaknessCompensatory gait patternsCommon associations leading to fallsFear of falling (stiffening strategy)Genomic hypovitaminosisGenderUE weaknessVisual space relation and fixation durationSoleustretch and Visual Stance demonstrationLABPNF functional strengthening techniques (CR vs HR vs CRAC)GRAC Rowing (Modified D1, D2)Gastroclock with CRAC techniqueLABMedication and mechanismType I iliopsoas contracture and anterior pelvic tilt vs..
Feel confident and comfortable using these proven strategies that immediately carry over into your clinical setting.List the major contributors to falls and the most common environments where falls occur for the adult and geriatric populationDescribe the role that medications play in falls, and what steps can be taken to reduce the likelihood of medication-related fallsRestate the role of clinicians in fall prevention in various rehab facilities, in the home, and in the community at largeIdentify the common principles in a fall reduction program that lead to the best outcomesDevelop a practical understanding of learned exercises and assessments during labs to ensure immediate carryover into clinical settingsApply documentation strategies and language based on information to justify skilled clinical services and reimbursement to all payer sourcesTHE COST OF FALLSFrequency of falls – a breakdown in the USResults of fallsCost and future projectionsEnvironments where falls occurCAUSES OF FALLS AND WAYS TO REDUCE THEMSpecific causesMedicationAgeismDiagnosisContractureWeaknessCompensatory gait patternsCommon associations leading to fallsFear of falling (stiffening strategy)Genomic hypovitaminosisGenderUE weaknessVisual space relation and fixation durationSoleustretch and Visual Stance demonstrationLABPNF functional strengthening techniques (CR vs HR vs CRAC)GRAC Rowing (Modified D1, D2)Gastroclock with CRAC techniqueLABMedication and mechanismType I iliopsoas contracture and anterior pelvic tilt vs.
femaleLengthen is and shorten demonstrationLABCLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ROLE IN REDUCING FALLSEducationSleep, adaptive equipment, home environmentFall reduction in the homeOtago and other “fall reduction” programs4-Test Balance Scale (LAB)Chair Stand TestBEST PRACTICE: ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXERCISESFall risk evaluationsFunctional reach (FRT), TUG, Fall AlgorithmLABHip/frontal plane stabilizersReducing circumduction, shuffle, or Trendelenburg gaitTrochanter TensionLABHip mobilizersSeated and standing mobilization techniqueDynamic PNF chopsQuad sit-up (LAB)Log rollDeterminants of gaitExercise/activity dose and frequencyDOCUMENTATION AND CASE STUDY5 platforms of successful documentationDocumentation examplesCase study.
femaleLengthen and shorten demonstrationLABCLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ROLE IN REDUCING FALLSEducationSleep, adaptive equipment, home environmentFall reduction in the homeOtago and other “fall reduction” programs4-Test Balance Scale (LAB)Chair Stand TestBEST PRACTICE: ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXERCISESFall risk evaluationsFunctional reach (FRT), TUG, Fall AlgorithmLABHip/frontal plane stabilizersReducing circumduction, shuffle, or Trendelenburg gaitTrochanter TensionLABHip mobilizersSeated and standing mobilization techniqueDynamic PNF chopsQuad sit-up (LAB)Log rollDeterminants of gaitExercise/activity dose and frequencyDOCUMENTATION AND CASE STUDY5 platforms of successful documentationDocumentation examplesCase study