Michel (Shelly) Denes – Fall Prevention Solutions: Today’s Best Practices, Guidelines and Standards for Individualized Care – PESI

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Speaker: Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP

Duration: 2 Hours 01 Minutes

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright: Oct 28, 2021  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

This lecture is packed with practical solutions for your most challenging fall risk patients.  This session is built on today’s best practices, guidelines and standards in fall prevention techniques.  You are guaranteed to: 

• Better predict and prevent falls – with effective fall prevention tools and strategies 
• Safely build strength, coordination, and balance in patients with fall histories 
• Consider out-of-the-box fall risk factors, like sleep and proprioception  
• Apply the current Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use in Older Adults – to your own patient care 

Fall Prevention is an art and science.  There are multiple, often complex, factors to consider.  To assist a patient to avoid a fall, the plan needs to be individualized and carefully constructed.  Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP, will provide the very latest updates during this important lecture!  Join her! 

Speaker

Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP

Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP, is an expert in fall prevention and neuro-rehab with more than 25 years of experience treating patients with hemiplegia, neuromuscular disorders, TBI, and SCI. She has a special interest in Covid-19 ‘Long Haulers’, advanced technology and provides consulting through her company, Denes Physical Therapy Consulting LLC.  She has had extensive involvement with neuroprosthetic devices, lower extremity orthotics, and exoskeletons, particularly through her prior work at the Rehab Institute of Michigan.

Shelly presents nationally at seminars on fall prevention and geriatric rehabilitation. She is a graduate of University of Michigan’s PT program and holds certifications in Neurodevelopmental Treatment for Adult Hemiplegia (NDT) done at The Rehab Institute of Chicago, is a certified Fall Prevention Specialist and a certified Geriatric Care Professional. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes is the owner of Denes Physical Therapy Consulting LLC. She is a consultant with NewGait™ and Experts in Therapy LLC. Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.

Non-financial: Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes is an advisory board member for Evergreen Certifications.

Objectives

1. Evaluate the latest advances in fall prevention for use in your practice. 
2. Assess a patient’s root cause for fall risk to safely restore balance, mobility and function. 
3. Determine home based risk factors that contribute to falls and determine how these risk factors can be mitigated. 

Outline

Fall Risk Mitigation Essentials

• The latest changes from the CDC – STEADI INITATIVE 
• Intrinsic risk factors 
• Extrinsic risk factors 
• Medications and substance use – BEERS CRITERIA 

Predict and Prevent Falls: Tools to Evaluate Your Patients Balance 

• Visual-spatial function 
• Vestibulo-ocular reflex 
• Sensory-motor integration 
• Proprioception 
• Gait and mobility 
• Age-related degeneration 
• The importance of sleep 
• Home safety 

Reduce Fall Risk and Restore Mobility and Function  

• Exercise prescription for reducing fall risk 
• Restore balance, mobility and function 
• Minimize fall impact and injury 
• Teach vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) techniques 
• Teach gaze stabilization techniques 
• Improve multitasking, coordination and gait 
• Resolve vision problems that contribute to falls 
• Boost cognition, memory and focus 
• Reduce environmental fall risks 
• Address “fear of falling” 
• Quick tips to recognize abnormal gait patterns in patients who have a fall history 

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Social Workers
• Nursing Home Administratorsrecognize abnormal gait patterns in patients who have a fall history 

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