Educating the Caregivers of Persons with Huntington's Diseas

Education of Caregivers of Persons with Huntington’s Disease Discuss how the motor symptoms associated with Huntington’s disease affect ADL performance. Be able to suggest coping strategies for the various cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes that often manifest in patients with Huntington’s disease. Describe some of the respiratory difficulties commonly associated with Huntington’s disease. Discuss safe positioning options for clients during various stages of Huntington’s disease. Identify options to assist caregivers as they provide support for family members or friends with Huntington’s disease.



1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Preparing the Home After Discharge From the Hospital

Hospital to Home Preparation for Seniors- The costs of hospital readmissions—physical, financial, and emotional—are staggering. If you have a client who is about to return home from a hospital stay, or are a caregiver to an older adult in this situation, this web seminar will help to avoid unnecessary readmissions through preparing the home (and yourself) for the older adult’s return. Crucial aspects on what to expect the first day—and the first month—after they return home will also be detailed. Review reasons people are readmitted to hospital. Discuss ways to prepare early for an older adult’s return home from a hospital stay. Identify warning signs in the first hours and days of returning home. Pinpoint the best transitional care points for an older adult’s first 30 days back at home.. Review results of a pilot study. Discuss resources .

1.0  Free AOTA CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Expires 2/7/17

Promoting Home Safety in Huntington's Disease

Promoting Home Safety in Huntington’s Disease- Identify intrinsic factors that compromise home safety in people with Huntington’s disease. Identify extrinsic factors that compromise home safety in people with Huntington’s disease. Identify strategies to improve home safety in people with Huntington’s disease. Create a comprehensive checklist for home safety in people with Huntington’s disease.

1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Intro to Huntington's Disease

Introduction to Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA) and Huntington's Disease- This module provides background on Huntington’s Disease including the basic symptomology of disease progression, its genetic nature and current treatment options for motor and psychiatric symptoms, and the role of OT practitioners. The mission and purpose of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America is also reviewed. -Huntington’s disease is discussed from the perspective of what a community based practitioner needs to know about the disease in order to consult with and offer therapy to persons with HD. Describe the genetic nature of Huntington’s disease. Discuss disease progression and symptomology. Distinguish HD from other motor or neurodegenerative diseases. Explain the pharmacological interventions available for some symptoms of HD. Describe the role of the occupational therapy practitioner with regard to improving quality of life for the person with HD.

1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Huntington's Disease Society of America

Caring for Someone With Alzheimer's

Caring for Someone With Alzheimers - Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias present unique caregiving challenges. This web seminar offers approaches for how to care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Rather than focus on Alzheimer’s symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and possible cures, this session emphasizes the dignity of individuals with dementia, and highlights care strategies that can help them live a more fulfilling life. This unique approach to person-centered care helps caregivers to cope with the difficulties of caregiving, and teaches how to successfully manage behaviors and positively engage clients or loved ones.

1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Expires 11/7/16 

Seniors and Driving

Seniors and Driving- Families slowly transition their teenagers into driving, but most likely don’t think about transitioning their older loved ones out of driving. As a result, the decision to give up the car keys often is the result of a crisis—an accident or another unfortunate incident. This web seminar can help senior care professionals educate families about the importance of developing a plan to help an older adult move out of the driver’s seat while remaining engaged with their friends, family and community.

  1.0 Free Ceus for Occupational Therapists

  Expires 8/8/16

 

Insights Into Preventing Bullying

2015 Conference Welcome & Keynote Address: Queen Bees and Wannabes: Insights Into Preventing Bullying- Rosalind Wiseman, whose book Queen Bees and Wannabes was the inspiration for the movie Mean Girls, is a well known expert on effective (and sometimes surprising) ways to prevent and stop bullying. She’ll talk about what’s really going on in social hierarchies, and share effective ways occupational therapy practitioners can help all kids (and even adults) not just survive, but thrive, as they navigate social group dynamics.

0.5 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists 

Medication Management for Seniors

Seniors and Medication Management- Research conducted by Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, indicates that as the number of prescription medications a person ages 70 or older takes increases, so do challenges with medication management and potential health risks. Discover the ways medication can jeopardize an older adult’s health and independence. Learn about a solutions guide created by Home Instead that could help families and their older loved ones pinpoint potential threats and start the conversations that can potentially lead to effective solutions

1.0  Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

Expires 5/2/16

Wounded Warriors & the Art of Independence

2014 Conference Welcome & Keynote Address: The Wounded Warrior and the Art of Independence- The use of occupation based practice has been the foundation for recovery in the lives of our wounded service members. This year’s keynote will tell the story of three wounded warriors and their unique individual experiences with occupational therapy. Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, Sergeant Monte Bernardo, and Corporal Tim Donley each lost multiple limbs and have overcome their injuries in diff erent ways. In a panel discussion, they will talk about their individual fears after they were injured and what their lives have been like since. They will also discuss the unique relationship with their OT and how, as a team, they were able to realize the potential for the rest of their lives.
 
0.5 Free CEUs for Occuaptional Therapists

Wound Managment for OTs

Improved Outcomes in Wound Management- Wound Treatments
A review of basic principles of wound haling, wound assessment, multidisciplinary approaches, and more. Identify indications for treatment selection. List precautions and contraindications for treatments.

1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

The Emotional Aspects of Caregiving and How to Deal With Them

Understanding the Emotional Aspects of Caregiving- Caregiving can be an emotionally intense experience. Many caregivers can experience negative feelings, which they may bury or deny; doing this can lead to unhealthy emotional and physical, states. If you are a caregiver, or work with someone who is, this web seminar will help identify the difficult feelings and emotions that can arise from caregiving, and offer solutions to deal with them.

  1.0 Free CEUs for Occupational Therapists

  Free until 1/11/16

 

Dizziness In Elders

Dizziness in Elders- Defined and Differentiated- At one time or other, most people have experienced dizziness, one of the vaguest complaints health professionals face in practice, because what each person calls dizziness differs greatly. Some describe it as poor balance, lightheadedness, wooziness or spinning, while others may say they feel as if they are about to faint. Trying to put into words what they are feeling can be difficult. All of this leads to the word “dizziness” being nearly useless as a one-word description. To properly care for patients with dizziness, care providers need to be able to differentiate the types of symptoms — vertigo, disequilibrium (unsteadiness, imbalance), near syncope (lightheadedness), central dizziness and nonspecific dizziness — especially reported dizziness in older adults. Differentiate among the types of dizziness. Describe age-related and pathologic causes of dizziness in older adults. Outline the essential elements in the assessment of patients with dizziness and in the implementation of interventions, including rationales.

1.0 Free AOTA Contact Hours for Occupational Therapists

Expires 11/21/15

Gannet Education    

This course is FREE of charge courtesy of OnCourse Learning and Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA