Home Health PT

Home Health PT
$49, 30 Days unlimited access
CEU Course Description:  3 Hours 
 
As a Home Health Physical Therapist, you must be a jack of all trades, master of all. Clinicians need to be adept at screening for exacerbations of medical conditions, prevent falls, ensure optimal home safety, and treat a myriad of neurological, vestibular, cardiopulmonary, and musculoskeletal conditions. This course is for anyone who works in home health or wishes to explore the possibly of working in home health. We will delve into the latest research on preventing falls, discover innovative treatment ideas, and review medical considerations for patients. You will walk away from the course with extra tools in your PT belt and eager to apply the new information you have learned.  
 
Course Objectives: 
Participants will be able to  
1.Define homebound status and provide adequate documentation to support homebound status  
2.Complete medication reconciliation and understand the importance of its role in patient care  
3.Describe contributing factors for incontinence and understand the relevance to practice  
4.Describe outcome measures utilized in the home health setting 
5.Define components of fall risk in the home health setting and appropriate interventions