Putting the 'FUN' in Functional: Pain Management, Environmental Safety, and Balance

Course overview

This course will take participants through a well-planned treatment session with an elderly client exhibiting increased fall risk, increased joint pain, and decreased mobility. A framework for a treatment session is illustrated through objective assessments, and treatment remediation/strategies interweaving patient engagement and function throughout the process. Assessments of the client's fall risk, pain, and mobility are chosen to reflect the context of the client's occupational roles and environment. Treatment and remediation strategies demonstrate a variety of occupational therapy theories and frames of references throughout the session to guide the client to successful outcomes. Join occupational therapist Danielle Keyser as she discusses the theories of Ecology of Human Performance, Rehabilitation Frame of Reference, and Motor Learning Theory as they relate to successful rehabilitation of the elderly client.