Reduce the Risk of Falls with Aquatics

November 5, 2014 from 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

 

Presented By:  Jackie Halbin, Living Well Manager at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, Kansas

Reduce the Risk of Falls with Aquatics

 

Falls have a negative impact on a person’s quality of life, as well as being an expensive medical issue. Learn how you can enhance your fall prevention program by using the pool for strengthening and balance training. By adding aquatics options to land-based fall prevention, you appeal to many different levels of clients and can manipulate the aquatics environment to allow individuals to complete tasks at a comfortable level, progress “on the fly” and build self-confidence. Helping people develop lower body strength and agility while improving their balance and awareness of center of gravity enables them to stay independent longer.


icaa_preferred_vendors_logoAttendees will explore:
  • Why water is the perfect environment for fall prevention training.
  • How to encourage participants to improve by creating personal profiles that show their progress.
  • How aquatic training improves scores on assessments conducted on land.
  • Which techniques create a sense of camaraderie among participants to improve attendance and retention rate. 

 

Who will benefit from this webinar: 

  • Physical and occupational therapists and assistants
  • Wellness directors and coordinators
  • Aquatics and fitness directors
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In this webinar participants will receive an introduction to the principles of aquatic therapy, with specific applications for pediatric client populations.  There will be additional focus on physical therapy care planning for children including land to water transitions, treatment considerations, and documentation.

 

Participants will be able take the following away from this presentation:

 

  • The properties of water that are beneficial for pediatric therapy
  • What pediatric populations can benefit from aquatic therapy
  • What treatment considerations and precautions/contraindications exist for this population
  • How and when to transition between water and land therapy
  • How to effectively document aquatic therapy
  • What equipment can be used to enhance therapy sessions
  • How to make sessions fun for kids

 

All of this information will be supported by case studies from Cindy’s aquatic therapy program at Children’s Hospital of St. Paul.

 What Past Webinar Attendees are Saying:

 

 

“I love and appreciate that you are doing this. It is information that I would otherwise not have access to, so I appreciate the format. The speaker was good, and she hit on some things that we could use. Thanks!”

 

- J.O. (webinar previously attended: "Bridging the Gap from Land to Water," presented by Kim Eichinger)

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SPEAKER BIO:

Jackie Halbin, Living Well Manager at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, Kansas, has worked with older adults enhancing their lives through a wide variety of fitness and wellness opportunities over the past 10 years. She has a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, is a Master FallProof Instructor and FallProof H2O Instructor, and is certified as a personal trainer and by the Aquatic Exercise Association. She has been teaching FallProof classes for six years and enjoys seeing the successes of her clients. 


   

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