Dementia and Rehabilitation - The Long-Term Care Edition
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Dementia and Rehabilitation - The Long-Term Care Edition
This course includes
The instructors
Overview
This is the final installment of the series 'Dementia and Rehabilitation'. You can take each course individually, or choose to do them all!
This online course will focus on assessment, exercise prescription, and engagement strategies for residents of Long-Term Care (LTC) living with dementia. It will review the current recommendations from the literature and provides practical suggestions for their implementation. It discusses the challenges of creating quality programs with limited time and resources and how they can be mitigated.
This course contains coarse language and frank discussion about the highs and lows of working in Long Term Care Facilities.
This online course includes:
- Overview of outcome measures and assessments validated in Long-Term Care
- Current recommendations for exercise prescription
- Engagement strategies for residents with cognitive impairment
- Time management strategies
- Colourful language
- A fist bump of commendation for making it through the last year
This online course does not include:
- Discussion of funding for rehabilitation in LTC
- Testimonials from residents
- Mindfulness activities
- Cat videos
The instructors
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Super Nerd, MScPT, BSc(KIN)
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PhD, MScPT, BSc (KIN)
Dr. Caitlin McArthur is an assistant professor in the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University. Her research focuses on improving the effectiveness of and access to rehabilitation for people living with chronic health conditions across the continuum of care, particularly home and long-term care. She is interested in fall and fracture prevention and improving functional mobility.
With a passion to improve mobility and quality of life of clinically complex older adults, Dr. McArthur is a lead instructor of the continuing education course Bone Fitâ„¢ hosted by Osteoporosis Canada which teaches exercise professionals about safe movements, physical activity, and exercise for people with osteoporosis (www.bonefit.ca). Dr. McArthur is also an interRAI fellow (www.interrai.org). Read more about her research here.
Material included in this course
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PowerPoint Slides
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Rehab and Dementia LTC Slides
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Dementia and Rehabilitation: The Long-Term Care Edition
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Welcome
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Introduction
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Balance Exercise Recommendations
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In Practice
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Outcome Measures for Dementia Populations
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Questions Pt1
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Questions Pt2
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Feedback