Stroke Rehab in the Home and Outpatient Settings

Mary Vanesko MOT, OTR/L, CIMI, CPY and Katie O'Shea, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, CDP

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
2 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

According to the CDC, stroke causes 1 of every 20 deaths in the United States, killing nearly 130,000 Americans each year. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in theUnited States. Despite the increase in technology, physical and occupational therapists are frequently called upon to collaboratively plan for post-acute care services. This course will focus on discipline-specific interventions in the inpatient home and outpatient setting as well as collaborative interdisciplinary approach to care, while minimizing duplication services.

This course is aimed to provide a systematic approach to understanding the home and outpatient examination and implementation of plan of care for the patient who has suffered from a stroke. The attendees will take home specific strategies to provide comprehensive evaluations and focus on functional outcomes. Through interdisciplinary discussion and real-life case studies, attendees will make insightful and accurate recommendations for the next level of care.

Highlights

  • Implement an effective evaluation and treatment for the stroke patient in the home or out-patient setting
  • Safely apply individualized interdisciplinary assessment and intervention in the home and outpatient setting with patients who have suffered from a stroke
  • Effective recommendations for discharge plans from the home and outpatient settings, and referral to community services

Learning Objectives

  1. Implement higher level skilled treatment interventions that correlate with clinical stroke presentation.
  2. Differentiate interdisciplinary scopes of practice as it applies to discipline-specific plans of care.

Course Content

Stroke Rehab in the Home and Outpatient Settings
SCORM Package
Next Steps
Module
  1. Higher Level Skilled Treatment Interventions
    1. MCA versus PCA versus ACA
    2. Cerebellar versus brain stem
  2. Interdisciplinary Scopes of Practice and Specific Plans of Care
    1. Effective stroke-specific evaluation and treatment in the home and outpatient setting
    2. Identify appropriate recommendations for transition fromskilled services
    3. Interdisciplinary team approach to care with clinical case review
Mary Vanesko, MOT, OTR/L, CIMI has extensive clinical training and experiences as she has practiced in 4 different neonatal intensive care units, including level II, III and IV NICUS over the last decade. Mary has assisted in the implementation of an outpatient pediatric program and recently performed as the NICU expert in the build and development of a level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Mary completed her undergraduate degree at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, with a bachelor's of the arts degree in Psychology. Mary soon after received her Masters of Occupational Therapy degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary has since been certified as an infant massage instructor and yoga instructor. She has practiced occupational therapy in many facilities across the country, including both adult and pediatric inpatient acute care and inpatient rehabilitation settings, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient pediatrics, school settings, early intervention and neonatal intensive care units. Mary has provided guest lectures at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is an active member of American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) as well as the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT). Mary has practiced Occupational therapy in 5 states and in over 10 facilities. She provides course instructor trainings for the International Loving Touch Infant Massage Foundation, certifying professionals in infant massage. She continues to work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as well as provide independent consulting services to NICU programs and therapists. She works independently to provide her occupational therapy services to the neonatal and pediatric populations and their families.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Mary Vanesko is compensated by Summit as an Instructor. She is compensated as the owner of and consultant to WELL-Nurtured Development. She also receives compensation by Philips Health Care Solutions as a consultant, and by the International Loving Touch Foundation as a Certified Infant Massage Instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Mary Vanesko is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) as well as the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT).

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