Skilled Nursing Facility Interventions: Positioning Around The Clock Matters
Course: #6148Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 2692 Reviews
Therapeutic positioning for residents of skilled nursing facilities can lead to better sleep quality and daytime alertness, with reduced pain and agitation when provided skillfully throughout the day and night. This course provides 24-7 posture care management theory and benefits for this population while addressing facility challenges and the importance of a team approach.
This is Day 3 of the virtual conference on SNF interventions.
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Text
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, 08207; CE Broker/1.0 CE Broker #20-1129410; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Geriatrics
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize the interaction of 3 forces impacting development of posture problems like kyphosis and flexion contractures.
- After this course, participants will be able to compare and contrast destructive unsupported and healthy supported lying postures for persons with limited mobility.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify the unique characteristics of individuals with dementia that increase their need for posture support day and night.
Course created on November 17, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-25 Minutes | Theory & Background Principles in LTC |
| 25-40 Minutes | Unique Challenges in SNFs |
| 40-55 Minutes | Planning, Implementation, Risk Mitigation, and Summary |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
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2692 ReviewsPresented By
Tamara Kittelson
MS, OTR/L, ATP/SMS
Tamara is an occupational therapist and RESNA-certified ATP/SMS. She founded Posture 24-7 and Eleanore’s Project, promoting 24-hour posture care management and appropriate seating and wheeled mobility provision in low-resource settings. She is the founding chair of the RESNA 24-7 PCM special interest group and a member of AOTA, RESNA, Clinician Task Force, Friends of NRRTS, and ISWP. Tamara has presented and written on these topics nationally and internationally. She served children and adults with complex neuro disabilities in Montana, from 1983-2022 and credits her daughter Eleanore, born with cerebral palsy and profound deafness, as her best teacher.
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