One fall can turn your patient’s life upside down, resulting in rapidly declining health, extended hospital stays, monetary loss, fear, and isolation.
This session will hit all the highlights to help patients avoid falls while retaining the strength, balance and mobility it takes to stay functionally independent. Trent Brown MOT, OTR/L, BCG, ATP, CFPS, CGS will explore evidence-based strategies including patient teaching, home modifications, fall reduction programs, diet (hypovitaminosis), medication management, dual-task training, eye movement behaviors, visual deficits, and specific activities that reduce or prevent falls.
Discover practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-life situations you face with patients who fall or are at risk of falling. Built on today’s best practices, this training will provide you exactly what you need so you can …
- Better predict and prevent falls with effective fall prevention tools and strategies
- Design an individualized plan of care for patients who are high risk for falls
- Restore mobility and function with interventions and assistive technologies
- Perform validated fall assessments with categorization options for risk level
- Build your professional reputation as a go-to resource on fall prevention
