Physicourses Geriatrics

Resistance Training for the Older Adult

Hybrid Course: Video Taught by Virtual Instructor, Includes Self-Study PDF/EBook

Exercise is a therapists wheelhouse. While other wellness providers (fitness instructors, athletic trainers, etc.) routinely prescribe, establish, and update exercise programs, therapists are uniquely qualified to ensure that the special needs of older individuals and those with pathology are met both safely and effectively through exercise. A key feature of exercise prescription is that each program aspect must be undergirded by sound rationale. This course discusses research-based principles and parameters of resistance exercise prescription for older individuals. Included in this course is how to accurately assess muscle performance and prescribe resistance training exercises geared toward increasing muscle strength, power, endurance, and/or hypertrophy. This course is especially suited for physical and occupational therapists and their assistants who desire to safely increase muscle performance while effectively improving function for their patients in the shortest time available.This course is offered in a hybrid, multimedia format including a video course taught by a virtual instructor and a E-book/PDF. Please download the E-book/PDF Document in the Downloads menu, and read along with the digital presenter as they provide voice-over commentary of the course. The materials in the E-book/PDF and in the video course overview will be included on the required quiz at the end of the course to earn your CEU or CPD credits.Physicourses is an AOTA Approved Provider of profession...

Geriatric Assessment: Literature Review

Hybrid Course: Video Taught by Virtual Instructor, Includes EBook/PDF

This course provides Rehab professionals professionals with current research evidence on important topics in geriatric assessment. It is based on five recent peer-reviewed open-access articles. The first article examines issues with cultural competence in geriatric assessment of individuals from U.S. multicultural immigrant populations. The second, third, and fourth articles discuss the identification and management of frailty in older adults and provide information about frailty scales. The final article presents a systematic review of balance and strength tests used with younger seniors (60 to 70 years of age). The information presented in this course will be useful in clinical practice to any Rehab professional who treats older adults.This course is offered in a hybrid, multimedia format including a video course with a virtual instructor and a E-book/PDF. Please download the E-book/PDF Document in the Downloads menu, and read along with the digital presenter as they provide voice-over commentary of the course. The materials in the E-book/PDF and in the video course overview will be included on the required quiz at the end of the course to earn your CEU or CPD credits.Physicourses is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 6295. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.6 CEUs Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

Dementia Care—Patient and Family Considerations: Literature Review

Hybrid Course: Video Taught by Virtual Instructor, Includes EBook/PDF

The worldwide population is aging, and diagnosed cases of dementia are on the rise. Appropriate dementia care often includes a focus not only on the patient, but also on the family. This course, based on four recent peer-reviewed open-access articles, provides Rehab professionals with current information on topics focused on this vital aspect of care. The first article examines differing approaches to understanding personhood and discusses ways of approaching care for the person with dementia that may limit the extent of disability in the face of cognitive decline. The second and third articles are systematic reviews that examine shared decision-making in dementia care and family relationships of patients with dementia. The final article is a qualitative study that examines how long-term comorbidity self-management is experienced and negotiated by people with dementia and their caregivers. This course will help any Rehab professional who treats older adults with dementia to be a more knowledgeable, compassionate, and thoughtful member of the healthcare team, and thus improve the patient experience.This course is offered in a hybrid, multimedia format including a video course taught by a virtual instructor and a E-book/PDF. Please download the E-book/PDF Document in the Downloads menu, and read along with the digital presenter as they provide voice-over commentary of the course. The materials in the E-book/PDF and in the video course overview will be included on the required q...

Exercise as Intervention in Geriatrics: Literature Review

Exercise interventions are essential elements in the geriatric treatment toolbox. This course, based on six recent peer-reviewed open-access articles, provides rehab professionals with current evidence-based information on exercise as intervention in the areas of fall prevention; Alzheimers disease; and a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, including osteoporosis, sarcopenia, tendinopathies, osteoarthritis, and low back pain. These articles include systematic reviews, meta analyses, and review articles by significant international clinicians and researchers. The information presented in this course will be immediately useful in evidence-based clinical practice for all rehab professionals who treat older patients.This course is offered in a hybrid, multimedia format including a video course overview and a E-book/PDF. Please download the E-book/PDF Document in the Downloads menu, and read along with the digital presenter as they provide voice-over commentary of the course. The materials in the E-book/PDF and in the video course overview will be included on the required quiz at the end of the course to earn your CEU or CPD credits.Physicourses is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 6295. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 1.0 CEUs Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

I Hurt Because I’m Old: Really? by EIM

Ever heard: I hurt because I have arthritis! Is it true? This idea that the health (and age) of our tissues is correlated to pain is fundamentally flawed. If this was the case, then only older patients should hurt and younger patients should not hurt! This misbelief and self-limiting perception powerfully impact the experience of pain and outlook for older adults. As the United States population ages, and physical therapy take its rightful place in the assessment and treatment of older adults, we must reevaluate our pain paradigms in the elderly. It is overwhelmingly shown that older patients do hurt, but not because they are old, but because they stop moving. Fear-avoidance and pain catastrophizing, powerfully driven by these misbeliefs regarding aging powerfully limits movement. Recent pain neuroscience education (PNE) research has shown that normalizing pain beliefs, including the role of aging and pain, powerfully influences movement, pain and disability even in older adults. In this lecture we will explore the myth of aging and pain, evolution and evidence for PNE and showcase how various ready-to-use metaphors can help older adults understand pain better and facilitate much-needed movement.

Sports Across the Ages by EIM

This course provides current best evidence for the young, the aging, and the master or senior athlete including basic science (physiology) of growth/maturation, implications for sports participation and performance, rehabilitation, and the relationship to common injuries in each of these populations.

Strength Training in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Paul Frizelle PT DPT, MS, OCS, MTC, AIB-VR, CSCS, PES, CES

Sarcopenia (muscular atrophy related to aging and sedentary lifestyle) is one of the most common geriatric syndromes compromising the function of up to 40% of the aging population. Sarcopenia contributes to decreased gait speed, reduced grip strength, increased fall risk, and functional decline. This muscular dysfunction is best treated through the prescription of progressive resistance exercise. The individuals best positioned in the health care system to treat this health issue are rehabilitation professionals, especially those who are encountering these individuals while managing injury, illness, or long-term declines in function. This webinar will improve your understanding of how to prescribe strength training for the geriatric patient. Participants will learn how to immediately apply these strategies to improve functional tasks like stair negotiation, walking endurance, bed mobility, and transfers. Differences in types of strength prescription and types of strength exercises will be defined to help understand the application in rehabilitation. Attendees will be able to immediately take this information and apply it in their existing rehabilitation programs to improve the outcomes for their patients.Highlights Accurately prescribe strength training for your geriatric patients Functional exercise for strength vs. exercise to build strength levels

ACSM Guidelines for Exercise for Special Populations

Julie Barnett, PT, DPT, MTC

Prescribing exercise safely under the American College ofSports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines is very important for special populations. Individuals recovering from COVID-19 will require specialized exercise guidance using our backgrounds as therapists in exercise and pathology to make the best evidenced-based recommendations for their health. The 50,000 ACSM professionals in sports medicine and exercise science fields share a common purpose – advance health through science, education, and medicine. The details are important. Guidelines and realistic goals can motivate and guide your treatments for your patients to reach their activity goals. This course will guide you through theACSM guidelines and criteria for special populations. Participants will review the most impactful exercise prescriptions and outcomes instruments to measure physical activity. After the completion of this course, therapists will be better equipped to confidently treat special populations with positive outcomes.Highlights ACSM purpose for exercise guidelines and the criteria for special populations Effectively incorporate more exercise into your treatments Best practices for outcome instruments to use when measuring physical activity Review popular wearable tracking devices to assist in motivating patients

Exercise in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Nicole Dawson, PT, PhD, GCS

The latest practice analysis identifies over 53% of rehabilitation patients are over the age of 65 years. Many of these older adults have functional limitations due to the fact that older adults are generally less physically active than their younger counterparts or due to difficulties returning to normal function following illness or injury. Exercise is a non- pharmacological intervention that can have beneficial effects on multiple domains of function. However, the application of exercise by health care professionals is often under-dosed leading to minimal changes in this patient population. Older adults can pose unique challenges for clinicians due to their sedentary lifestyle and potential for complex medical history. Rehabilitation professionals are experts in movement science and should play an integral role in prescription of appropriate physical activity to ensure maximal levels of success with older adults, so we need to do better for this new majority of patients. This course will provide you with a better understanding of primary aging processes that may affect an older adult's functional status. An evidence-based approach for exercise prescription will be discussed to ensure that exercise science principles are used during plan of care development.Highlights Practical application of exercise prescription in older adults that you can use the next day Effective, evidence-based interventions to ensure positive outcomes in older adults

Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Dementia, Delirium, and Depression

Toni Patt, PT, DPT, GCS, NCS

One in four patients admitted to an acute care hospital have dementia. Delirium superimposed on those patients accounts for 65% of cases diagnosed with delirium. Thirty percent of all older adults have a diagnosis of depression at any given time. These diagnoses frequently occur together and often are mistaken for one another. Therapists working with older adults will treat patients with these diagnoses more often than one would think, so it is important they be prepared to properly assess patients with one or more of these issues to optimize treatment planning. This course will examine each diagnosis, discuss the similarities and differences of the three, and provide guidelines for treatments.Highlights Distinguish between dementia, delirium and depression when occur simultaneously in patients Treatment plans that incorporate the components of each process to improve outcomes Communication strategies for patients with impaired cognition