Adaptive Equipment (AE) and Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
Tracking # 20-674880
Course overview
Define adaptive equipment (AE) and durable medical equipment (DME). Identify current insurance coverage options for AE and DME. Describe OT and PT roles in AE and DME recommendations. Demonstrate incidences of appropriate and inappropriate recommendations for AE and/or DME. Examine environmental details of a patient’s discharge destination that would impact AE/DME recommendations. Assess a patient’s cognitive function and its impact on AE/DME recommendations. Evaluate a patient’s physical function and its impact on AE/DME recommendations. Prepare an accessible list of AE/DME resources for low-income patients and their families/caregivers.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.