Aging in Place: The Clinician’s Role

Description

Aging in the familiar environment of home is the desire of most older individuals. Unfortunately, a number of barriers can interfere with achieving that goal. This webinar will provide clinicians with the tools they need to identify those barriers and to build management plans that will enable our clients to age in place successfully and safely.

Participants will be provided with practical strategies to reduce fall risk, improve nutrition and hydration, and improve health management skills in older adults, with a focus on physical activity and exercise as they relate to successful aging in general, and to swallow function specifically.

Instructor

Learning Objectives

• Develop individualized strategies to facilitate safe and effective health management in older adults aging in place
• Apply diet liberalization strategies to reduce risk of dehydration and malnutrition in aging clients with dysphagia
  
• Implement an interdisciplinary plan designed to reduce fall risk in older individuals
  
• Incorporate the principles of exercise physiology to make determinations as to who is and is not a candidate for swallow exercise
  
• Evaluate the evidence for swallow exercise as it relates to specific impairments in swallow function
  
• Incorporate principles of motor learning into swallow treatment plans for individuals with dysphagia
  

Agenda

All times in Eastern Time.

1:00pm–1:10pm

Chapter 1: Aging in Place: What Is It, and What Does It Take?

1:10pm–1:20pm

Chapter 2: Cognition, Mood, and Health Management

1:20pm–1:35pm

Chapter 3: Improving Nutrition and Hydration

1:35pm–1:45pm

Chapter 4: Fall Prevention: What Can We Do?

1:45pm–2:00pm

Question and Answer Session

2:00pm–2:15pm

Chapter 5: Exercise Physiology: When and Why Exercise Works

2:15pm–2:30pm

Chapter 6: Choosing Your Target: What’s the Underlying Impairment?

2:30pm–2:45pm

Chapter 7: A Change of Thinking About Exercise: Incorporating Skill Training Into Your Program

2:45pm–2:55pm

Break

2:55pm–3:10pm

Question and Answer Session

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