Susan Blair – Successful Rehab for Today’s Older Adults

Older Adults value their possessions, their homes, and their independence. Respecting and respecting the choices of clients and developing them-Centralization is a crucial skill for Therapists can work in any type of clinical setting. 

 Susan Blair – Successful Rehab for Today’s Older Adults

Successful aging is one of life’s most important goals for today’s older adults. Rehabilitation therapists will find this rewarding and challenging, with many functional possibilities but limited clinical resource. This creative course recording presents fresh, exciting information to help older adults achieve their functional goals. It is not necessary to be old. for becoming frail and chronic health conditions do not have to limit an older person’s ability to age in place successfully.

You might relate…An elderly client had worn rugs in her sunroom that I identified as a serious fall risk. To make it easy for her family to dispose of the old rugs, I moved them into her garage. To secure the safer rugs, I used double-sided rug tape. One week later, her son called to tell me that his mother had removed the old rugs and placed them over the new ones.

Older Adults value their possessions, their homes, and their independence. Respecting and understanding choice is key to developing clients-It is essential to have centered goals for Therapists can work in any setting. Join 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 with today’s geriatric clients.

1. Contrast rehabilitation services for Seniors
2. Geriatric assessment tools that are cost-effective for older adults in rehabilitation settings.
3. Geriatric patients will benefit from successful therapeutic interventions that provide meaningful and purposeful activities.
4. Explain the importance of understanding geriatric comorbidities like diabetes, COPD, CHF, or depression. for developing frailty.
5. You can choose the best outcome measures for Geriatric clients
6. Create education resources with geriatric clients using patient-centered goals.

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A NEW ROADMAP FOR GERIATRIC RETAILITATION

• Do you have evidence?-Based practice
• Ethical considerations for Therapy for older adults: What is its role?
• Emerging clinical practice settings

UPDATE ON FRAILTY

• Techniques to identify frailty among vulnerable older adults
• Current recognized criteria for Frailty
• Interventions to decrease frailty
• Realistic goals in the face of failure

INVOLVEMENT GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN GOAL SETTING & COMMUNICATION

• Create client-Performance goals that are centered
• How to interact with older adults effectively
• Learn appropriate techniques for Communicate with seniors
• Strategies to overcome the challenges of low vision or hearing loss

SOLUTIONS FOR ASSESSMENT: COST-EFFECTIVE, PRACTICAL, STANDARDIZED/INDIVIDUALIZED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TESTS

• Assessment of ADL
• Depression scale
• Frail scale
• Cognitive evaluations
• Activity assessment

THE ROLE OF DEPRESSION

• Tips for recognising symptoms in older adults
• Strategies to reduce the negative impact of depression on functional outcomes
• What is the therapist’s responsibility in depression intervention?

PROVEN OUTCOMES TO FALL PREVENTION & HOME SAFETY

• Fall risk assessment Intervention algorithm
• Educational resources

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT : A PERIODICAL EPIDEMIC FOR OLDER ADULTS

• Tools for Evaluation of medication management skills
• Elderly adults need to be taught about medication safety
• Medication management device resource

STRATEGIES TO SUCCEED IN THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

• The four obstacles to independence: Mobility, mobility, low vision, cognition, and accessibility
• Physical activity for Function is important for the older adult
• 135 functional activities to do inside a home
• How important are memory and reminiscing to you?
• Digging in the dirt: Therapeutic gardening Man’s best friend: Pet therapy
• If driving is prohibited
• Creation of community resource