Hip Fracture Part D: Acute Care and Long Term Management
Presented by Brooke Gentry, Ashley Hendricks, and Priscilla Sanders
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This continuing education course instructs in the specific skills that physical therapists and occupational therapists must consider in the skilled nursing facility when working with a patient who has had a hip fracture. Evaluation and intervention techniques will be demonstrated or discussed with emphasis on determination of the patient’s prior level of function, reason for experiencing hip fracture (dizziness, weakness, pain, etc.), and knowledge of patient’s environment upon discharge. The progression from post-surgical early mobility and ADL task instruction, to acute care IADL instruction is demonstrated and discussed with suggestions for appropriate levels of intervention. The therapist will learn how to instruct the patient in use of common assistive devices such as sock aids, reachers, and leg lifters. This is the fourth course in a five course series on hip fractures. Please be sure to watch:
Hip Fracture Part A: Overview, Classifications, and Evidence
Hip Fracture Part B: The Surgical Approach
Hip Fracture Part C: Acute Care Management
Hip Fracture Part E: Home Care Management
Meet your instructors
Brooke Gentry
Brooke graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Science from Western Kentucky University and a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Milligan College. She works as an acute care occupational therapist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Brooke has worked on the orthopedic, geriatric and medicine floors.…
Ashley Hendricks
Ashley Hendricks, OTR/L is a practicing Occupational Therapist with a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of Southern Indiana. She has been certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). She is a licensed Occupational Therapist in the state of…
Priscilla Sanders
Priscilla Sanders, PT, DPT, is a licensed physical therapist with a Bachelor of Science and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She has been certified by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), and is a licensed physical therapist in the state of Tennessee. Ms.…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. OT Working with Patient in Acute Care
This chapter will provide a firsthand glance at the relationship between an OT, and a hip fracture patient in a SNF setting. Participants will learn to determine prior level of function and current occupational therapy needs for a patient who is discharging from a SNF level of care, as well as how to create appropriate therapy goals based on the patient’s specific functional needs.
2. Approaching Care in a SNF
Learn how to determine prior level of function and current therapy needs for a patient who is discharging from a SNF level of care. This chapter will compare the roles of a PT and an OT in order to gauge differences in treatment strategies.
3. Supplemental Materials
This chapter provides additional references regarding the evaluation and treatment of hip fracture patients in a SNF setting.
More courses in this series
Hip Fracture Part A: Overview, Classifications, and Evidence
Brooke Gentry, Ashley Hendricks, and Priscilla Sanders
Hip Fracture Part B: The Surgical Approach
Kenneth Egol and Joseph Zuckerman
Hip Fracture Part C: Acute Care Management
Sandy Shelton
Hip Fracture Part D: Acute Care and Long Term Management
Brooke Gentry, Ashley Hendricks, and Priscilla Sanders
Hip Fracture Part E: Home Care Management
Carole B. Lewis