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The Falls Management Puzzle In Older Adults: Looking At All The Pieces, Part 2
Presented by Dennis Klima, PT, MS, PhD, GCS, NCS
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Course: #6591Level: Intermediate1.5 Hours
Presented in two parts, this course will review falls management in older adults from an evidence-based perspective. Part 2 will present interventions which represent current best practice to manage falls in older adults. Topics will include home environmental interventions, floor rise training, and community-based interdisciplinary programs.

The Falls Management Puzzle in Older Adults: Looking at All the Pieces, Part 1
Presented by Dennis Klima, PT, MS, PhD, GCS, NCS
Video
Course: #6590Level: Intermediate1.5 Hours
Presented in two parts, this course will review fall management in older adults based upon integrating multiple pieces of best evidence. Part 1 will focus on demographic perspectives, screening for falls, and those risk factors that should be considered in management. Practitioners will formulate screening questions that can comprehensively synthesize risk factors most predictive of falls. The presentation will also detail the fear of falling conditions and its role in fall prevention.

Fall Prevention With Older Adults: Part 2- Evidence-Based Interventions
Presented by Sally Stillings, MA, PT, MPT, CHT
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Course: #9604Level: Intermediate2 Hours
Falls among older adults are a major healthcare problem. This course discusses evidence-based interventions to reduce fall risk, including assessment and modification of the home environment, inpatient and outpatient fall risk management, community-based programs, and individualized intervention focused on exercise, with case studies.

Fall Management: Evidence-Based Interventions for Screening and Intervention
Presented by Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L
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Course: #9453Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This session will review evidence-based screening and intervention strategies applicable to a balance and falls management program including research-based exercise programs, environmental modification, patient and caregiver education and balance retraining activities. Falls management program rationale and implementation is also discussed as well as interdisciplinary techniques and strategies to reduce fall risk in the elderly.

Innovations in Geriatric Care: Evidence-Based Interventions for Falls (Day 4)
Presented by Holly Hester, PT, DPT, CHC
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Course: #3967Level: Intermediate1 Hour
As the population ages, health care providers, including occupational therapists and occupational therapist assistants, must employ effective methods of fall risk assessment, prevention, and management to prevent the serious injuries, decreased mobility, and loss of independence caused by falls. This session will discuss evidence-based interventions for falls, emphasizing the role of occupational therapy in the interdisciplinary management of falls in both the institutional and community settings.

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