Description

Course Format: Text.

 

This e-course discusses home modifications that can help individuals with vision and hearing impairments be safer and more independent in their homes.

 

 Approved Continuing Education:

• OT: 2.0 hours
• PT: 2.0 hours
• SLP: 0.0 CEUs  **this e-course is NOT registered with ASHA**

 

NOTE #1:  This e-course utilizes audio; therefore a computer with speakers is required for enrollment.

NOTE #2:  This e-course was made possible through a grant to I.D.E.A.S., Inc. through the National Institute of Health.

 

Please note:  This eCourse is set up to be flexible to accomodate all schedules.  You do not have to complete this program in one sitting.  You can access the course materials as many times as you need to in order to complete all the sections. 

Course Objectives

At e-course conclusion, participants will be able to:

1. Define and discuss three diseases that cause low vision.
2. Identify three difficult visual situations in the home environment.
3. Choose appropriately at least three home modifications that will help a client
   with low vision to be safer and more independent.
4. Define age-related hearing impairment.
5. Identify three difficult listening situations in the home environment.
6. Choose appropriately at least three home modifications that will help a client
   with hearing loss to be safer and more independent.

A score of 80% or better must be earned on the post test in order to
receive and print a certificate of completion. 

Author Profile

Jennifer A. Brush, M.A., CCC-SLP, is an internationally published researcher, educator, and long-term care consultant currently in practice in Northeast Ohio. Ms. Brush specializes in geriatric care, rehabilitation programming, and interdisciplinary activity development for dementia. As a sought after speaker, she offers interactive and educational presentations that help audiences to bridge the gap between current research findings and the care needs of their clients and communities. Ms. Brush has first hand applied research experience as she has served as the Principal Investigator on both government and private foundation grants. She is the co-author of A Therapy Technique for Improving Memory: Spaced Retrieval, and Time Well Spent with the Older Adult. She is the editor of IDEAS for a Better Visit, as well as the author of numerous articles related to cognitive disorders, memory loss, and dementia.

Margaret P. Calkins, Ph.D, is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of environments for elderly, especially those with Alzheimer's and other dementias. After completing an A.B. in psychology at Kenyon College, she received her Masters and Ph.D. of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Calkins has spent many years exploring the therapeutic potential of the environment—social and organizational as well as physical—particularly as it relates to frail and impaired older adults. A member of several national organizations and panels which focus on issues of care for cognitively impaired older Americans, she speaks frequently at conferences both here in the US and abroad. She has recently served on several design juries, which seek to identify state of the art facilities in both health care and long term care. She has published extensively, and her book Design for Dementia: Planning Environments for the Elderly and the Confused was the first comprehensive design guide for special care units. Most recently she developed a four-volume book set titled Creating Successful Dementia Care Settings (see product page for information). Dr. Calkins has served as Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health. She is also Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Institute on Aging and Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• PT
• OT

Accreditation

AOTA: Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. #4095.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.