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Share a Course: Geriatric Physical Therapy: Module 2 (Electronic Download)
SKU: 762SE
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Module 1: covers foundations of geriatric care, demography, mortality, and morbidity of older adults, the physiology of age-relate and lifestyle-related decline, geriatric pharmacology and exercise and physical activity for older adults.
Module 2: covers contexts for examination and interventions including patient management principles, sensory and cognition changes in the older adult, evaluation of the acute and medically complex patient, motivation and patient education and the families of older adults.
Module 3: covers evaluation, diagnosis and the plan of care including assessments of aerobic capacity, endurance, joint mobility, muscle performance, motor control, posture, ambulation, functional mobility, balance and falls.
Module 4: covers special problems and interventions including impaired integumentary integrity, urinary incontinence, pain management, lower-limb orthoses and prosthetic management for older adults with lower limb amputations.
Module 5: covers special populations and the continuum of care including wellness for the aging adult, home health, hospice, the senior athlete and older adults with developmental disabilities.
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Course Length: 15.0 contact hours
Instructional Level: Intermediate
This package includes only the testing materials for Module 2 and NOT the required reading materials.
Geriatric Physical Therapy: Module 2
Course Goals and Objectives:
Course Goals: This course is intended to instruct the student through self-paced study on the contexts for examination and treatment interventions when treating a geriatric adult.
Student Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify components of the relationship between health and function
2. Differentiate between the components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
3. Differentiate between the 6 elements of patient/client management
4. Identify components of a patient medical history
5. Differentiate between accommodations to enhance functioning for older individuals experiencing sensory losses
6. Differentiate between changes in visual acuity, visual field, illumination, glare, accommodation, dark adaptation and depth perception in the aging adult
7. Differentiate between conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss
8. Understand general principles environmental design for accommodating age-related changes in the adult
9. Differentiate special considerations for older individuals with dementia and their interaction with their environment
10. Differentiate between characteristics of depression
11. Differentiate between common depression scales and identify clues of depression in older adults
12. Differentiate between delirium, dementia and major depression
13. Differentiate common drugs used to treat depression and their common side effects
14. Identify 6 recommendations for a cognitively active lifestyle
15. Identify common risk factors for delirium
16. Differentiate between the 4 types of dementia
17. Specify general treatment principles for the management of dementia
18. Identify common medications used for dementia and their common side effects
19. Identify common clinical laboratory studies and their function
20. Differentiate between the causes and clinical signs and symptoms of electrolyte abnormalities
21. Specify risk factors for coronary artery disease
22. Specify common risk factors associated with Type 2 diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis
23. Differentiate between different abnormal breath sounds and what dysfunctions could explain the abnormalities
24. Specify the signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiency
25. Specify the signs and symptoms of coronary artery disease
26. Specify the signs and symptoms associated with heart failure
27. Specify the clinical evaluation findings associated with pneumonia
28. Differentiate between the signs and symptoms of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock
29. Specify common causes of vertigo
30. Specify common signs and symptoms of dehydration
31. Specify normal physiological changes associated with aging that can influence motivation
32. Specify tools to measure motivation and factors that influence motivation
33. Specify effective strategies to help motivate the older adult
34. Specify reasons for therapist control of the treatment goal-setting process
35. Identify the vastness of today’s family structure
36. Specify key information-seeking questions health professionals may ask to recognize and respond to the patterns and dynamics within a family system experiencing a health-related crisis.
37. Identify key components in being a caregiver for a family member
38. Specify possible consequences during driving when an aging adult begins to experience different medical conditions
39. Identify resources about older adult driving safety available for aging drivers and family caregivers