2024 Webinar: Fall Prevention Programs Across the Multidisciplinary Team

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

LeadingAge Kansas is proud to partner with LeadingAge Iowa to bring you this webinar.

 Session Description:

Falls in long-term care settings are both a persistent problem and a significant expense. Understanding the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of falls and effective prevention methods is crucial for senior living professionals. This session will provide participants with an in-depth overview of falls in senior living environments, exploring the various and diverse risk factors and situations that contribute to them—many of which are preventable.

Attendees will learn how age, disease, and environmental hazards influence fall risks and discover that the likelihood of falls increases significantly with the number of risk factors present. The presentation will equip learners with strategies for multidisciplinary teams to collaboratively assess, select, and implement fall prevention programs tailored to their communities. Additionally, the session will cover principles of effective documentation for nursing, supporting the delivery of fall prevention services, and methods to evaluate the success of these programs.

Session Objectives:

• Identify interdisciplinary approaches to assess fall risk.
• Recognize the principles of effective documentation for nursing to support fall prevention services.
• Implement fall prevention programs that are tailored for the organization.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of a fall prevention program.

Who Should Attend

Administrators, Nurse Leaders, Social Workers, and other personnel involved in your organization's fall prevention initiative. Appropriate for assisted living and nursing home providers.

Faculty

Ingrid Provident EdD, OTR/L, CDP, FAOTA, National Education Specialist, Select Rehabilitation

Ingrid M. Provident EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is a National Education Specialist, for Select Rehabilitation. Dr. Provident has held positions of program coordinator, academic fieldwork coordinator, and associate professor at major Universities in Pittsburgh PA. Ingrid is a highly engaging speaker who holds clinical degrees in occupational therapy and educational leadership. She has worked in multiple practice settings with the adult and geriatric populations. Ingrid has been an educator in formal academic settings and has presented in more than 70 state, national, and international venues. Dr. Provident is trained and certified in Mindfulness, Dementia Care and has facilitated multiple presentations on wellness, communication, and interventions for quality health care. She is a published author and mentor with a passion for assisting in the development of professionals.                                   

What’s Included

Registration fee includes digital handouts and one connection to the live webinar.  A recording of this webinar will be made available upon request for 2 weeks following the webinar (no CE credit/attendance certificates will be issued for viewing the recording).

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Continuing Education:
This educational event has been approved for up to 1.0 continuing education hours in the core of Administration for Licensed Adult Care Home Administrators, Adult Care Home Operators and Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. Health Occupations and Credentialing approved provider number (LTS A0009).

LeadingAge Kansas is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.0 contact hours applicable for APRN, RN or LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT0102-1116.

*Continuing education hours are subject to change.
*Dates and Times are subject to change.