Fall Prevention Specialist Certification Course

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Shelly Denes, PT, C/NDT, CFPS, CGCP Related seminars and products

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Shelly Denes, PT, C/NDT, CFPS, CGCP, is an expert in fall prevention and neuro-rehab with more than 30 years of experience treating patients with hemiplegia, neurological diseases, neuromuscular disorders, TBI, and SCI. She has a special interest in Long COVID, autoimmunity and the impact of chronic inflammation and sleep deprivation in rehab. She has been involved extensively with neuroprosthetic devices, lower extremity orthotics, and exoskeleton devices at the Rehab Institute of Michigan. Mrs. Denes travels nationally to present seminars on fall prevention, Long COVID and geriatric rehabilitation. Additionally, her expertise has been presented through expert witness work and consulting both nationally and locally. She also sits on the State of Michigan Fall Prevention Coalition committee. Shelly Denes is a graduate of University of Michigan’s PT program, and she earned her certification in Neurodevelopmental Treatment for Adult Hemiplegia (NDT) at the Rehab Institute of Chicago. She helped create the certifications for ‘Fall Prevention Specialist’ and ‘Geriatric Care Professional’ with Evergreen Certifications, holds these two certifications and sits on their advisory board.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes is the owner of Denes Physical Therapy Consulting LLC. She is a consultant with Experts in Therapy LLC and previously with NewGait™. She receives a speaking honorarium from Motivations, Inc. Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes is an advisory board member for Evergreen Certifications. She serves on the Fall Prevention Coalition Committee at Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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Objectives

1. Integrate the latest advances in fall prevention and the most current changes from the CDC into your practice.
2. Employ comprehensive assessments to identify issues with balance, visual-spatial functioning, proprioception and other root causes of fall risk.
3. Assess available interventions so you can choose the appropriate ones for safely restoring balance, mobility and function in patients with varying root causes of fall risk.
4. Integrate multiple approaches and exercise programs for better outcomes with fallers and patients at high-risk of falling.
5. Determine the safest landing strategies that your patients can employ to reduce the impact of falls.
6. Develop home exercise programs for patients so they can build strength and coordination.
7. Utilize tips to recognize abnormal gait patterns in fallers.
8. Employ ideas and plans that will protect older adults, patients using oxygen, and others at high-risk of falling from injury.
9. Evaluate parameters for safely intensifying rehab with patients who fall.
10. Apply best practices for educating and engaging non-compliant patients to reduce their risk of falling.
11. Investigate evidence-based fall prevention programs that can be used in your facility.
12. Evaluate home-based risk factors that contribute to falls and determine how these risk factors can be mitigated.

Outline

• The latest advances in fall prevention
• The most current changes from the CDC
• Intrinsic risk factors
• Environmental extrinsic risk factors
• Medications and substance use

• HANDS-ON LABS: Predict and Prevent Falls with Tools for Evaluating Your Patients’ …
  • Balance
  • Visual-spatial function
  • Sensory-motor integration
  • Proprioception
  • Vestibular function
  • Gait and mobility
  • Age-related degeneration
  • Home safety
  • Pharmacological side effects

• HANDS-ON LABS: Interventions, Assistive Technologies and Techniques to …
  • Restore balance, mobility and function
  • Minimize fall impact and injury
  • Treat dizziness and vertigo
  • Improve multitasking, coordination and gait
  • Resolve vision problems that contribute to falls
  • Boost cognition, memory and focus
  • Reduce environmental fall risks
  • Orthotics, gait devices and assistive technology for fallers

• Multifactor Approaches and Exercise Programs for Fall Reduction
  • Vestibular rehabilitation
  • Strength training programs
  • Quick tips to recognize abnormal gait patterns in fallers
  • Balance assessment tools
  • Nutrition
  • Hydrotherapy interventions

• New Ideas and Innovative Plans to Protect Patients from Injury
  • Older adults
  • Impaired vision
  • Patients using oxygen
  • TBI and stroke
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Pain

• HANDS-ON LABS: Best Practices for Building Understanding and Engagement for Improved Outcomes
  • CDC – STEADI initiative algorithm
  • The American Geriatric Society updated Beers Criteria
  • Evaluate your patient’s understanding of fall prevention
  • Checklists
  • Body mechanics
  • Car and floor transfers
  • Fall recovery techniques
  • Safe landing strategies
  • Best practices for non-compliant patients

• Evidence based programs
• STEADI toolkit
• Marketing and partnership strategies
• Coding and billing updates

• Evaluate a client’s home for risk factors
• Apply advanced balance training and multitasking techniques
• Integrate visual testing and gaze stabilization
• Navigate pharmacological side effect

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Nursing Home Administrators

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