BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0f992a4984ed4f62aff336a62050847e159 CATEGORIES:District Meetings SUMMARY:Fall Prevention: A Matter of Mortality (SED) DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to increa se awareness and provide practical resources to help PTs, PTAs, and PT/PTA students with fall prevention with geriatric patients. 1CCU < /p>
At
the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:
span>1. Identification of global and local i
mpact of falls;
2. Assessment of fall risk;
3. Formulating soluti
ons to influence a reduction in fall occurrence;
4. Professional accou
ntability
Speaker(s)
Danielle Keyser, MS, L OTR, GTCCS, CAPS is a practicing Occupational Therapist wit h a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from the Louisiana State Unive rsity (1998), and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the Univ ersity of Alabama at Birmingham (2001). She is a Certified and Registered O ccupational Therapist in the state of Louisiana, a member of the American O ccupational Therapy Association, and Vice President of the Louisiana Occupa tional Therapy Association. As LOTA Vice President, Danielle has arranged c ontinuing education opportunities and annual State Conferences to bring the latest research and evidence based educational opportunities to therapists in Louisiana. Danielle has worked in the field of Geriatrics for 13 years, with an emphasis on Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Health Care. Danie lle has dedicated her career to geriatrics, serving the roles of treating t herapist, Mentor, and currently Director of Education for The Therapy Cente r. As Director of Education, Danielle travels the state to assist therapist s with challenging patients, training of new therapists, and in-house educa tional opportunities. Her focus areas include extensive knowledge of Medica re PPS and RUG Utilization, caseload development, creating individualized t reatment approaches, facility training and education of nursing home staff, and application of evidence based treatment techniques. Danielle was award ed her Geriatric Training Certification in January 2014, an educational pat h that consisted of advanced clinical geriatric training, evidenced based e valuation and treatment strategies, and culminating in intensive testing pr otocols.
Schedule
6pm-6:30pm - Business Meeting
6:30pm-7:30pm - CC
U Presentation
Fees
If
you are a TPTA member do not create a new login. If you are unable to login
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Students: $0 (NO CCUs)
PT/PTA Members: $0
Non-Members:
$10
Additional Locations
Live Onli
ne Only