#THIRDTHURSDAY: Prevention of Falls in Community-dwelling Older Adults (September 2019)

Using data from the past 5 years, this presentation will update participants on best practices for the prevention of falls in community-dwelling older adults. Specifically, participants will learn which screening questions and tools and which examination tests and measures have the greatest chance at changing the degree of clinical certainty that a future fall is likely. Participants will also learn which physical therapy interventions are best for reducing fall risk and fall rate. Where the data on interventions allows, an older adult’s functional status will be considered.

What to expect: 

Objectives:

• Describe which screening questions and procedures best improve clinical certainty that a future fall is likely.
• Describe which examination test and measures best improve clinical certainty that a future fall is likely.
• Discuss the extent to which common interventions such as multi-factorial interventions, multi-modal exercise, balance training, resistance training, Tai Chi, environmental modifications, and education reduce fall risk or fall rate.

About the Speaker

Timothy Hanke, PT, PhD Professor, College of Health Sciences, Physical Therapy Program, Midwestern University, received his BS in physical therapy from Marquette University and MS from Northwestern University. His PhD in kinesiology is from the University of Connecticut where he was a Graduate Research Fellow in Gerontology at the Center on Aging and Human Development. His clinical experience is in geriatric and neurological physical therapy. Dr. Hanke has published on topics related to balance, falls, and mobility in older adults and in persons with stroke. He is a member of the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, and Section on Research of the APTA. He serves on the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy Clinical Practice Guideline/ Evidence-based Documents Committee where he has been involved in clinical practice guideline development on the topic of falls in community-dwelling older adults.

 

This program was originally recorded September 19, 2019.

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