8 Occupational Therapy contact hours approved by Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board, approval number 100591.
Approved for CEUs by the California Board of Behavior Sciences through the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology/USC Andrus Gerontology Center. Approval number PCE 971, expires 3-31-12.
This course takes between 2 and 4 hours to complete. After purchasing a course you will be emailed a direct course link that will allow you to take the course anytime within the next 90 days.
Home Modifications for People with Dementia
This course is about home modification and how it relates to caregivers and
people living in the household with dementia. Modifying the home environment
to enhance safety, promote independence, and ease caregiving is increasingly
recognized as an important strategy for dealing with dementia. Professors in
this course are Margaret Calkins, PhD, Jon Sanford, M.Arch, and Jon Pynoos,
PhD.
Learning Objectives
Gain a better understanding of the role of the physical environment in supporting
both the person with dementia and the caregiver
Learn how the environment needs to change as the disease progresses.
Understand how to help the caregivers develop environmental coping strategies
Learn practical solutions to real problems
Home Modifications for People with Sensory Impairment
This course discusses home modifications that can help individuals with vision
and hearing impairments be safer and more independent in their home. Professors
in this class are Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC/SLP and Margaret Calkins, PhD.
Learning Objectives
Define and discuss three disease that cause low vision
Identify three difficult visual situations in the home environment.
Appropriately choose at least three home modifications that will help a client
with low vision to be safer and more independent
Define age-related hearing impairment
Identify three difficult listening situations
in the home environment
Appropriately choose at least three home modifications that will help a client
with hearing loss to be safer and more independent.
Home Modifications for People with Motor Impairments
In this course, you will learn how functional limitations in upper and lower
body movement can impact a person’s ability to function safely, independently,
or without difficulty in his/her home. You will also learn about the modifications
that can compensate for these limitations. Professors in the class are Jon Sanford,
M.Arch and Carrie Bruce, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATP. This course takes between 2 and
4 hours to complete. After purchasing a course you will be emailed a direct
course link that will allow you to take the course anytime within the next 30
days. If you are purchasing multiple courses, your access will expire in 60
days.
Learning Objectives
Become familiar with the contributions of impairments and body function to problems
with task performance.
Discuss the performance goals for reducing environmental demands on motor abilities.
Identify modifications that can be made to ameliorate typical problems that
people with upper and lower extremity and trunk impairments have with routine
household tasks
Home Modifications for People Who are at Risk for Falls
This course discusses home modifications that can help individuals who are at
risk for falls be safer and more independent in their home. Professors in this
class are Anna Quyen Do Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L and Jon Pynoos, PhD.
This course takes between 2 and 4 hours to complete. After purchasing a course
you will be emailed a direct course link that will allow you to take the course
anytime within the next 30 days. If you are purchasing multiple courses, your
access will expire in 60 days.
Learning Objectives
Identify the three key components of a well-rounded fall
prevention program
Classify fall risk factors as intrinsic, extrinsic, or behavioral
Identify five design goals for individuals who fall and explain their relationships
to fall prevention
Identify general HM guidelines for individuals who fall
