The Arkansas Geriatric Education Center is proud to announce
“Fall Prevention Strategies in Older Adults”
held in conjunction with the
South Arkansas Center on Aging
March 12, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
St. Mary’s Parrish Hall
512 Champagnolle
El Dorado, AR 71730
For additional information, please contact the
South Arkansas Center on Aging at
870-881-8969
This program has been approved for three-hour CEUs by the following accrediting bodies:
- American Academy of Family Practice Physicians
- Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
- Arkansas Nursing Association
- Arkansas Nursing Home Adminstrator Licensure Program
Objectives:
At the completion of this 3 hour conference attendees will be able to:
- Identify older adults at risk for falls;
- Discuss assessment tools used to identify fall risk;
- Identify three risk factors for falls;
- Discuss screening and evaluation tools used in identifying older adults at risk for falls;
- List the consequences of falls in the elderly.
Schedule of Events:
| 9:30 – 10:00 |
Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Opening Remarks — Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA |
| 10:15 – 11:30 |
Etiologies and Mechanisms for Falls in Older Adults–Patrick Kortebein, MD |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 12:15 – 1:30 |
Fall Prevention Strategies -Mary Watson, MSN, APRN, CNS-BC |
| 1:30 – 2:30 |
Rehab Strategies for Older Adults with Falls–Missy Ellis, PT |
Speakers:
Patrick Kortebein, MD- Dr. Kortebein is the Associate Director for Clinical Programs for the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation/Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR.
Mary Watson, MSN, APRN, CNS-BC-Ms. Watson has been in the role of Patient Safety Practitioner for eight years, providing consultation to staff regarding patients at high risk for falls as well as the development and implementation of a comprehensive Fall Prevention Program for the IN and OUT patient ares in teh Centarl Arkansas Vetrans Healthcare system in Little Rock, AR.
Missy Ellis, PT- Ms. Ellis is a certified physical therapist at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is certified in BDT-Neurodevelopment Techniques and by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Accreditation:
This entire program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 3.0 hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP invites comments on any activity that has been approved for AAFP CME credit. Please forward your comments on the quality of this activity to cmecomment@aafp.org
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy has approved the program for up to 3.0 continuing education hours.
This educational activity is provided by the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS). The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Arkansas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Participation in this activity provides 3 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit.
This continuing education activity has been approved for 3.0 contact hours for Nursing Home Administrators and/or nurses by the Arkansas Office of Long Term Care approval ID # AR 4063-AGEC8-3.
Continuing education hours have been applied for to the Arkansas Dietetic Association.
If applicable, this program has up to 4.0 hours of social work credit.