MMOA Podcast - Physical Therapy | Fitness | Geriatrics

Do you Triage? Applying this concept to #GeriPT Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/2448515348726801/ ------ Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

Picking up the conversation with everyone's headache - HEP compliance - Sean and Nicole continue to explore how social history and personality shape not only the patient in front of us, but also our colleagues and ourselves. This one gets a bit more personal for both participants, but hey, it's all a mess of feelings and humans and social media anyway. C'mon in, the humanity is fine. Part 1 of the Conversation http://seniorrehab.libsyn.com/growing-your-soft-skills-building-alliance-part-1 Sean's blog on the soft skills https://ptasurvivalguide.home.blog/2019/04/10/master-the-soft-skills/ The Big Five https://ptasurvivalguide.home.blog/2019/04/10/master-the-soft-skills/ The book that started it all Supernormal

Are you using the Mini-BESTest? Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/383913685793545/ ----- Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

The value of therapy is an important discussion in home health with the upcoming regulatory changes with PDGM. Medication management can be positively affected by therapy with the appropriate knowledge to find and address possible issues in medication profiles. Today Troy continues to speak with Celeste (PT), Lisa (OT), and Andrea (ST) on why med management is important and how we can best help our patients understand and manage their medications. This is part two of a two part podcast. ————- GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Is it time for us to ditch Hip Precautions? Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/445001956238636/ ------ Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

Osteoporosis can have negative effects on a patients overall physical function and lead to increased fall risk but we also cannot forget the impact it can have on their quality of life as well. How can we prevent this or improve quality of life in this patient population? You guessed it, exercise- tune in to find out how! ———————- Effect of Physical Activity on the Quality of Life in Osteoporotic Females Living in Residential Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial: https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/Abstract/2019/04000/Effect_of_Physical_Activity_on_the_Quality_of_Life.7. —————— GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Are You Teaching to the Test? Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/798776183811422/ ----- Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

Exercise adherence can be challenging with patients who have chronic pain especially those with osteoarthritis or low back pain Tali looks into a review of best evidence on how to help our patients stick with the program! Tune in to hear about motivational strategies, importance of booster visits, and more ———- LINKS: Interventions to increase adherence to therapeutic exercise in older adults with low back pain and/or hip/knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28087567 ———- GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Floor Transfers 101. Encouraging our clients to get on and off of the floor. Original Video here: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/369884853602599/ ------ Be sure to check out Modern Management of the Older Adult with Dustin Jones & Christina Prevett - available as a LIVE or ONLINE Course. This course is approved for 16 CEU's and is sure to help you improve how you treat and view older adults - http://ptonice.com/older-adult

In part one of this two part discussion on the "soft skills" Nicole and Sean Hagey begin to discuss how understanding the social history and personality of the patient in front of you can effect clinical outcomes. This episode is not the hard and fast rules of evidence we have all come to love, but messy, soft, and complex look at ourselves and the other humans we interact with daily. Sean's blog on the soft skills https://ptasurvivalguide.home.blog/2019/04/10/master-the-soft-skills/ The Big Five https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/big-5-personality-traits ——————- GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com