Empowering Geriatric Patients: Safety, Skills & Transition Decisions

Empowering Geriatric Patients: Safety, Skills & Transition Decisions

Salepage : Empowering Geriatric Patients: Safety, Skills & Transition Decisions

Arichive : Empowering Geriatric Patients: Safety, Skills & Transition Decisions

Faculty:

Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS

Duration:

2 Hours

Format:

Audio and Video

Copyright:

Oct 27, 2021 

Product Code:

POS078340

Media Type:

Digital Seminar

Healthcare professionals are often responsible to weigh in on transitions of care for patients.  The need to evaluate for safety or activities of daily living abilities can be essential to determine the right setting for someone to reside in. Oftentimes, it takes empowering a patient to support them to achieve their highest level of functioning and performance. Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS, will provide her best practice guidance on how to be supportive, successful, and innovative with your own patients!

Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS, graduated with a BS degree in PT from UNC Chapel Hill in 1988. She earned her DPT from Shenandoah University in 2010. She earned her vestibular certification at Emory University in March 2003. She achieved the geriatric clinical specialist designation for the APTA. She has taken Advances in Vestibular Rehabilitation and Vestibular Function Testing. She has served as clinical instructor to many doctoral physical therapy students. She currently provides PRN services to multiple SNFs. She has experience in home health, acute care, outpatient vestibular rehab and fall prevention, acute rehab, sub-acute rehab, and long-term care.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jamie Miner has employment relationships with Shenandoah University and Rehabcare. receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Jamie Minor is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Neurology Section and Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, and the Vestibular Disorders Association. She serves on the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.