Comprehensive Guide for Fall Prevention in Occupational Therapy
Presented by Krista Covell-Pierson
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OT professionals can make a big impact on patients’ lives when they address fall prevention in meaningful, patient-specific ways. OTPs will learn how to go beyond a basic treatment session by addressing falls to a robust assessment incorporating driving, IADLs, and a patient’s future plans. This allows OTPs to shine in their important role in fall prevention.
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Krista Covell-Pierson
Krista Covell-Pierson is the owner and founder of Covell Care and Rehabilitation, an innovative mobile outpatient practice designed to help adults and older adults live safer, more independent, and engaged lives at home and in their communities. She developed this one-of-a-kind model from the ground up, integrating…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Addressing Patient-Specific Fall Risk in Basic Activities of Daily Living
Communicate with empathy while also providing important information to families and patients related to fall prevention. Build trust with patients during these sometimes difficult discussions.
2. Moving Beyond the Basics to Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
Start with the BADL as a building block in your fall prevention treatments. Make the treatments as real life as possible, either in someone’s typical living environment or through simulation.
3. Fall Risk Related to Driving and the Role of Occupational Therapy
Driving is an under-addressed and important IADL for OTPs. Fall risk has a direct correlation to someone’s risk for car accidents. OTPs will learn how to integrate this into treatments.
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