The Clinician’s Guide to Reducing Falls from Trent Brown
Faculty:Trent Brown
Duration:5 Hours 55 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video
Outline:
THE COST OF FALLS
- Frequency of falls – a breakdown in the US
- Results of falls
- Cost and future projections
- Environments where falls occur
CAUSES OF FALLS AND WAYS TO REDUCE THEM
- Specific causes
- Medication
- Ageism
- Diagnosis
- Contracture
- Weakness
- Compensatory gait patterns
- Common associations leading to falls
- Fear of falling (stiffening strategy)
- Genomic hypovitaminosis
- Gender
- UE weakness
- Visual space relation and fixation duration
- Soleustretch and Visual Stance demonstration
- LAB
- PNF functional strengthening techniques (CR vs HR vs CRAC)
- GRAC Rowing (Modified D1, D2)
- Gastroclock with CRAC technique
- LAB
- Medication and mechanism
- Type I iliopsoas contracture and anterior pelvic tilt vs. posterior pelvic tilt
- Male vs. female
- Lengthen and shorten demonstration
- LAB
CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ROLE IN REDUCING FALLS
- Education
- Sleep, adaptive equipment, home environment
- Fall reduction in the home
- Otago and other “fall reduction” programs
- 4-Test Balance Scale (LAB)
- Chair Stand Test
BEST PRACTICE: ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXERCISES
- Fall risk evaluations
- Functional reach (FRT), TUG, Fall Algorithm
- LAB
- Hip/frontal plane stabilizers
- Reducing circumduction, shuffle, or Trendelenburg gait
- Trochanter Tension
- LAB
- Hip mobilizers
- Seated and standing mobilization technique
- Dynamic PNF chops
- Quad sit-up (LAB)
- Log roll
- Determinants of gait
- Exercise/activity dose and frequency
DOCUMENTATION AND CASE STUDY
- 5 platforms of successful documentation
- Documentation examples
- Case study
Description:
Reduce Falls and Increase:
- Functional and occupational performance and participation
- Visual processing and strategies during dynamic movement and ambulation
- Safety with gait, functional mobility, transfers, and sit-stand
- Patient confidence with mobility in the home and community
As a clinician who has worked in skilled nursing, home health, acute, and transitional care, I’ve seen and treated too many patients who experience falls. In the past, I focused too much of my attention on strengthening the low extremity or solely on home modification, which resulted in seeing minimal gains. What was I missing? There had to be a better way to treat this population. Finally, I discovered that by examining the myriad causes to falls – psychological, physiological, visual, and neuromuscular – I could effectively treat my patients by improving functional and occupational performance and giving them confidence with mobility in their home and community.
In this lab-intensive recording, learn and practice the evidence-based tools I use to help prevent falls. Feel confident and comfortable using these proven strategies that immediately carry over into your clinical setting.
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Course Features
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- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 200
- Assessments Yes