Course Details : Geriatric Course

Course Description

This one-day course emphasizes key considerations applicable to the physical and occupational therapist in effectively managing the geriatric patient with multiple chronic cardiopulmonary diseases. The course accentuates specific management considerations for addressing the cardiac, pulmonary, vascular and metabolic issues in older adults. Medication management, examination and evaluation strategies, organized clinical decision making, evidenced-based contemporary treatment techniques and case examples will collectively provide the learner with a best practice approach for managing the unique cardiopulmonary needs of the geriatric patients. Specific considerations will be delineated for use along the spectrum of care from acute hospitalization to rehabilitation, home health and outpatient care.    

Course Objectives

At the end of the course the learner will:

1. Create and incorporate an innovative approach for the examination of stability in patients with cardiopulmonary conditions.
2. Integrate at least three contemporary treatment activities into a treatment session. 
3. Review the effects and uses of several categories of pharmacological interventions for patients with cardiopulmonary dysfunction. 
4. Use functional assessment tools in the examination of endurance, strength and balance impairments in older patients with known cardiopulmonary conditions.
5. Apply clinical pathophysiological considerations of the cardiac, pulmonary, vascular and endocrine systems within case examples for patients across the continuum of care.  

Course Agenda

Timings listed in Eastern Standard Time Zone

9:00  AM          Clinical Considerations in Chronic Heart Disease 

9:55  AM          Break

10:00  AM          Clinical Considerations in  Chronic Pulmonary Disease 

10:55  AM          Break 

11:00  AM        Focused Examination of Stability  in Older Adults 

11:55  AM        Break

12:00  PM        Cardiopulmonary Examination of the Older Adult 

1:15  PM        Lunch (on your own)

1:45  PM        Cardiovascular and Pulmonary  Medications and Clinical Implications  

2:45  PM          Break

2:50 PM           Functional  outcome measures in Geriatrics 

3:50 PM          Break

3:55 PM           Contemporary  Evidence based Treatment for Older Adults 

4:55 PM          Break

5:00  PM           Case Studies and Discussion 

6:00  PM          Adjourn

      

Upcoming Classes

Location	Date
Live webinar via Zoom	March 20, 2024 Registration Deadline : March 19, 2024 March 20th, 2024, 9:00am - 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time Course Approvals: AOTA Approved Provider (#5635) California - This is a Sutter Valley Hospitals & Sutter Valley Medical Foundation Approved Course for CEU’s. Sutter is recognized by the PT Board as an Approval Agency and by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board. Florida - 9.5 Contact Hours (CE Broker Tracking# 20-988300 - PT/PTA) (CE Broker Tracking# 20-988304 - OT/OTA) Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners New York State Education Department Ohio Physical Therapy Association Oklahoma (CE Broker Tracking # 20-988300) Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners   States that accept approvals by other State Boards/State Chapter of the APTA - AR, AZ, DC, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY States that do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure - AL, CO, CT, IA, MA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.

Location and Date

Live webinar via Zoom March 20, 2024 Registration Deadline : March 19, 2024 March 20th, 2024, 9:00am - 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time Course Approvals: AOTA Approved Provider (#5635) California - This is a Sutter Valley Hospitals & Sutter Valley Medical Foundation Approved Course for CEU’s. Sutter is recognized by the PT Board as an Approval Agency and by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board. Florida - 9.5 Contact Hours (CE Broker Tracking# 20-988300 - PT/PTA) (CE Broker Tracking# 20-988304 - OT/OTA) Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners New York State Education Department Ohio Physical Therapy Association Oklahoma (CE Broker Tracking # 20-988300) Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners   States that accept approvals by other State Boards/State Chapter of the APTA - AR, AZ, DC, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY States that do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure - AL, CO, CT, IA, MA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.

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