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Episode 1609 - The beauty of hospice care #PTonICE Daily Show
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- Fitness
Dr. Christina Prevett // #GeriOnICE // www.ptonice.com
In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, Modern Management of the Older Adult division leader Christina Prevett discusses her personal experience with end-of-life care, comparing different scenarios between family members who had hospice/palliative care and those who did not. Christina challenges listeners to step back and recognize if they are being mindful of the patient's choices when nearing the end-of-life, and respecting the dignity of those choices as it relates to physical therapy treatment. Christina also reminds listeners to always advocate for their patients and be a resource, especially with hospice/palliative care as it is often not recommended as an option for patients.
Take a listen to learn how to better serve this population of patients & athletes.
If you're looking to learn more about live courses designed to better serve older adults in physical therapy or our online physical therapy courses, check our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab.
EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION
Hey everyone, this is Alan. Chief Operating Officer here at ICE. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to talk to you about VersaLifts. Today’s episode is brought to you by VersaLifts. Best known for their heel lift shoe inserts, VersaLifts has been a leading innovator in bringing simple but highly effective rehab tools to the market. If you have clients with stiff ankles, Achilles tendinopathy, or basic skeletal structure limitations keeping them from squatting with proper form and good depth, a little heel lift can make a huge difference. VersaLifts heel lifts are available in three different sizes and all of them add an additional half inch of h drop to any training shoe, helping athletes squat deeper with better form. Visit www.vlifts.com/icephysio or click the link in today’s show notes to get your VersaLifts today.
CHRISTINA PREVETT
Hello everyone and welcome to the PT on Ice daily show. My name is Christina Prevett. I am one of the lead faculty within our modern management of the older adult division. We are in full-blown, like end-of-the-year mode. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are getting ready for a really big 2024. Our next online courses are level one and level two, running January 10th and January 11th. And then we have two courses left for MMOA Live, Chandler, North Carolina, this next weekend, and Portland, Maine, that have maybe one or two seats left in them. And then, oh, hi, Hospice Nursing tuning in. We are really getting going for January so we are in Santa California Santa Clara on January 13th and 14th And we were in Maryville, Ohio that same weekend. Sorry, Santa Rosa and then I am in Greenville, South Carolina the 20th and 21st All right.
HOSPICE CARE
Let's get talking about hospice. I graduated from PT school about 10 years ago and there always are some moments in your education that really stick out for you. And the one that to this day sticks out for me was we had a panel that came from a hospice that talked about end-of-life care. There was a nurse, there was a social worker, a PT, and a physician who all worked in nursing and they all worked in hospice. And this session about respecting the dignity of end-of-life care was so powerful. I left that session thinking, about what a job, is like to be able to facilitate that person's dignity and respect at the end of their life. I remember thinking about the people that were on that panel and they all loved their job. but you could see that there was some sadness behind their eyes because they've seen a lot of beautiful and tragic transitions into the end of a person's life that can be really difficult to m
Dr. Christina Prevett // #GeriOnICE // www.ptonice.com
In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, Modern Management of the Older Adult division leader Christina Prevett discusses her personal experience with end-of-life care, comparing different scenarios between family members who had hospice/palliative care and those who did not. Christina challenges listeners to step back and recognize if they are being mindful of the patient's choices when nearing the end-of-life, and respecting the dignity of those choices as it relates to physical therapy treatment. Christina also reminds listeners to always advocate for their patients and be a resource, especially with hospice/palliative care as it is often not recommended as an option for patients.
Take a listen to learn how to better serve this population of patients & athletes.
If you're looking to learn more about live courses designed to better serve older adults in physical therapy or our online physical therapy courses, check our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab.
EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION
Hey everyone, this is Alan. Chief Operating Officer here at ICE. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to talk to you about VersaLifts. Today’s episode is brought to you by VersaLifts. Best known for their heel lift shoe inserts, VersaLifts has been a leading innovator in bringing simple but highly effective rehab tools to the market. If you have clients with stiff ankles, Achilles tendinopathy, or basic skeletal structure limitations keeping them from squatting with proper form and good depth, a little heel lift can make a huge difference. VersaLifts heel lifts are available in three different sizes and all of them add an additional half inch of h drop to any training shoe, helping athletes squat deeper with better form. Visit www.vlifts.com/icephysio or click the link in today’s show notes to get your VersaLifts today.
CHRISTINA PREVETT
Hello everyone and welcome to the PT on Ice daily show. My name is Christina Prevett. I am one of the lead faculty within our modern management of the older adult division. We are in full-blown, like end-of-the-year mode. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are getting ready for a really big 2024. Our next online courses are level one and level two, running January 10th and January 11th. And then we have two courses left for MMOA Live, Chandler, North Carolina, this next weekend, and Portland, Maine, that have maybe one or two seats left in them. And then, oh, hi, Hospice Nursing tuning in. We are really getting going for January so we are in Santa California Santa Clara on January 13th and 14th And we were in Maryville, Ohio that same weekend. Sorry, Santa Rosa and then I am in Greenville, South Carolina the 20th and 21st All right.
HOSPICE CARE
Let's get talking about hospice. I graduated from PT school about 10 years ago and there always are some moments in your education that really stick out for you. And the one that to this day sticks out for me was we had a panel that came from a hospice that talked about end-of-life care. There was a nurse, there was a social worker, a PT, and a physician who all worked in nursing and they all worked in hospice. And this session about respecting the dignity of end-of-life care was so powerful. I left that session thinking, about what a job, is like to be able to facilitate that person's dignity and respect at the end of their life. I remember thinking about the people that were on that panel and they all loved their job. but you could see that there was some sadness behind their eyes because they've seen a lot of beautiful and tragic transitions into the end of a person's life that can be really difficult to m
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