Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Cathy H. Ciolek, PT, DPT, GCS, FAPTA: American Health Care Association (Self) : Consultant (Status: Ongoing), Independent Contractor (Status: Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Status: Ongoing)
Working with aging adults in sub-acute and long term care is a constant balancing act between optimizing for safety and encouraging mobility. Add the balancing act with person-centered care practices, family concerns and federal regulations, and it becomes even more of a challenge. What we do know is that limiting mobility because someone may fall is increasingly being seen as a loss of freedom of movement and has negative physical and social consequences. Balancing potential risk of action or inaction must be weighed against resident preferences, abilities, and goals. This session will address how to assess and balance risk for the individual and the facility.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the risk(s) associated with promoting movement and restricting movement in older adults.
Apply person-centered care principles to determine resident, family, and facility risk tolerance.
Articulate how to re-frame risk to reduce avoidable incidents within a culture of mobility.