Combatting the Four F's of Aging: Falls, Fear of Falling, Frailty, and the Floor
Course: #4738Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 4257 Reviews
Join our comprehensive geriatrics course and gain an understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of falls in older adults. Learn to initiate effective fall prevention strategies, including community-based programs, and implement outcome measures to address the fear of falling. Enhance your knowledge by exploring the components of frailty and relevant treatment approaches, as well as techniques to measure and manage floor rise ability in older adults for improved quality of care.
This course is part of our 2023 Home Health Friday Summer Series.
On Demand
Course Type: Recorded Webinar
CEUs/Hours Offered: AK/2.0; AL/2.0; AR/2.0; AZ/2.0; CA/2.0; CO/2.0; CT/2.0; DC/2.0; DE/2.0; FL/2.0; GA/2.0; HI/2.0; IA/2.0; IACET/0.2; ID/2.0; IL/2.0; IN/2.0; KS/2.0; KY/2.0 Category 2; MA/2.0; ME/2.0; MI/2.0; MO/2.0; MS/2.0; MT/2.0; NC/2.0; ND/2.0; NE/2.0; NH/2.0; NY/2.0; OK/2.0; OR/2.0; PA/2.0; RI/2.0; SC/2.0; SD/2.0; TN/2.0; TX/2.0; UT/2.0; VA/2.0; VT/2.0; WA/2.0; WI/2.0; WY/2.0
Course Preview
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe major intrinsic and extrinsic causes of falls in older adults.
- After this course, participants will be able to initiate strategies for fall prevention, including community-based programs.
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss outcome measures used to identify fear of falling and implement aligned interventions.
- After this course, participants will be able to list components of the phenotype of frailty and relevant treatment approaches.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify strategies to both measure and manage floor rise ability in older adults.
Course created on August 4, 2023
Agenda
| 0-15 Minutes | Review of learning outcomes, background on falls |
| 15-35 Minutes | Strategies for fall prevention |
| 35-50 Minutes | Outcome Measures for fear of falling |
| 50-80 Minutes | Phenotypes of frailty and treatment approaches |
| 80-110 Minutes | Measure and manage rise from the floor in older adults. |
| 110-120 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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4257 ReviewsPresented By
Dennis Klima
PT, MS, PhD, GCS, NCS
Dennis Klima joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore faculty in the Fall of 2002. Prior to his UMES appointment, Dennis served as program director of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at the Baltimore City Community College for thirteen years. A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy in 1983 and began clinical experience at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed a PhD in Physical Therapy from Temple University. He practiced clinically at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute in Baltimore for over 20 years, including working on the stroke and traumatic brain injury units. Dennis received his geriatric and neurologic clinical specializations from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He has presented geriatric and neurologic continuing education courses locally, nationally, and internationally. He has authored peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on falls and TBI among older adults. In 2019, he taught a neuromuscular intensive workshop to physical therapists at the Kenya Medical Training College in Nairobi, Kenya.
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