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Falls In The Elderly
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• Participant will be aware of the impact falls have on the elderly.
• Participants will be knowledgeable of the risk factors of falls, how to identify risk factors and be a primary influence in reducing these factors.
• Participants will be knowledgeable of the effects that various disease processes have on the elderly, making them more at risk for fall.
• Participants will be knowledgeable of the costs that are incurred when an elderly person falls - monetarily, physiologically and psychologically.
• Participants will learn about tests that can predict the likelihood of a fall.
• Participants will learn prevention techniques to decrease falls in the elderly.
• Participants will be able to go back to their workplace Monday, enabled with knowledge to make themselves a better provider of healthcare to the elderly with new skills and understanding.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Day One
7:30 - 8:00 Coffee and sign-in
8:00 - 11:15 Introduction, pre-test, extrinsic & intrinsic risk factors
11:15-12:15 Lunch on your own
12:15 - 4:00 In-depth view of intrinsic risk factors & case studies
Day Two
7:30 - 8:00 Coffee and sign-in
8:00 - 11:15 Costs, prediction screens & practice, prevention
11:15-12:15 Lunch on your own
12:15 - 3:30 Prevention, tai chi video class, group case study/care plans & post-test
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Falls are a leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly. In this seminar we take an in-depth look at risk factors, including extrinsic and intrinsic, and how to be a primary influence in reducing them. Included in the intrinsic risk factors are vision, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, nutrition, orthostatic hypotension, neuropathy, incontinence, pharmacology, drop attacks, and other balance and mobility impairments. We look at the role shoes and restraints may play in increasing the fall risk in some elderly. There is a discussion of the cost that falls have on the elderly including physiological, psychological and economic costs, and we introduce screens that might better help the clinician identify those people who are more at risk for falls with a chance to practice these screens on each other. We look at prevention techniques including Tai Chi, geri-dance, relaxation exercise and more. There is a tai chi video class, led by a Tai Chi master. Each day concludes with small group case study discussions.