CI & Student Perspectives in Home Health Affiliation (audio only)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Release Date: 07/15/2024
Falls Management in Older Adults 2025 (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Dennis Klima, PT, MS, PhD, DPT, FNAP discusses the innovations surrounding falls management for older adults in 2025. Dr. Klima, also known as the “Polish Prince” for his background in dance therapy, highlights technological advances such as inertial sensors and emergency alert systems that enhance fall prevention and response. He also covers the role of community programs, interprofessional fall screening clinics, and physical therapy in hospital emergency departments. Finally, Dr. Klima emphasizes the importance of connecting older adults to resources quickly and effectively to break...
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Falls Management in Older Adults in 2025 (audio visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Dennis Klima, PT, MS, PhD, DPT, FNAP discusses the innovations surrounding falls management for older adults in 2025. Dr. Klima, also known as the “Polish Prince” for his background in dance therapy, highlights technological advances such as inertial sensors and emergency alert systems that enhance fall prevention and response. He also covers the role of community programs, interprofessional fall screening clinics, and physical therapy in hospital emergency departments. Finally, Dr. Klima emphasizes the importance of connecting older adults to resources quickly and effectively to break...
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Leveraging Standardized Measures To Optimize Functional Outcomes (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
J.J. Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS, CSRS, CEEAA discusses the importance of leveraging standardized outcome measures in home health physical therapy practice to improve patient outcomes, prevent hospitalization, and enhance patient satisfaction. She encourages therapists to strategically select the ideal measure based on individual patient deficits and highlights the Function in Sitting Test (FIST) for non-ambulatory patients. An important key is to link assessment results to meaningful goals that motivate patients and their caregivers. Finally, JJ stresses the importance of embracing baseline...
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Leveraging Standardized Measures To Optimize Functional Outcomes (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
J.J. Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS, CSRS, CEEAA discusses the importance of leveraging standardized outcome measures in home health physical therapy practice to improve patient outcomes, prevent hospitalization, and enhance patient satisfaction. She encourages therapists to strategically select the ideal measure based on individual patient deficits and highlights the Function in Sitting Test (FIST) for non-ambulatory patients. An important key is to link assessment results to meaningful goals that motivate patients and their caregivers. Finally, JJ stresses the importance of embracing baseline...
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Evidence-Based Interventions for Parkinson's Disease (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Andrew Bartlett, PT, MPA, PhD, an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at , describes the current research and associated evidence-based cognitive/physical interventions for patients living with Parkinson’s Disease. He emphasizes the importance of ensuring adequate exercise dosing during therapy sessions and including dual-task challenges to the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Andrew encourages therapists to make exercises fun, functional, and practical for everyday life, while using the skills of motivational interviewing to ensure alignment with individual patient goals. ...
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Evidence-Based Interventions for Parkinson's Disease (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Andrew Bartlett, PT, MPA, PhD, an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at , describes the current research and associated evidence-based cognitive/physical interventions for patients living with Parkinson’s Disease. He emphasizes the importance of ensuring adequate exercise dosing during therapy sessions and including dual-task challenges to the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Andrew encourages therapists to make exercises fun, functional, and practical for everyday life, while using the skills of motivational interviewing to ensure alignment with individual patient goals. ...
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Fueling Function: Nutrition & Frailty in Home Health (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Patrick Berner, PT, DPT, RDN, CEAS covers the topic of frailty, malnutrition, and sarcopenia that exists among some patients enrolled in home health care services. Patrick brings to light the relationship between nutritional intake and recovery of physical function, while emphasizing the importance of nutritional screening and purposeful intervention. The Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form and eatright.org are among the recommended resources.
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Fueling Function: Nutrition & Frailty in Home Health
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Patrick Berner, PT, DPT, RDN, CEAS covers the topic of frailty, malnutrition, and sarcopenia that exists among some patients enrolled in home health care services. Patrick brings to light the relationship between nutritional intake and recovery of physical function, while emphasizing the importance of nutritional screening and purposeful intervention. The Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form and eatright.org are among the recommended resources.
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High Intensity Gait Training (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Miko Quisumbing, PT, DPT, NCS from Penn Medicine at Home discusses the use of high intensity gait training interventions in the home health environment. Individuals with chronic CVA and TBI conditions often require close and frequent monitoring, while also being among the most appropriate patients for this intensive approach to rehabilitation. Miko covers a wide range of topics including kinematics, heart rate monitoring, multidirectional movement, therapeutic benefit, and neuroplasticity.
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High Intensity Gait Training
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Miko Quisumbing, PT, DPT, NCS from Penn Medicine at Home discusses the use of high intensity gait training interventions in the home health environment. Individuals with chronic CVA and TBI conditions often require close and frequent monitoring, while also being among the most appropriate patients for this intensive approach to rehabilitation. Miko covers a wide range of topics including kinematics, heart rate monitoring, multidirectional movement, therapeutic benefit, and neuroplasticity.
info_outlineOverview: Billy Campbell from VNS Health Home Care and Fahima Chowdhury from NYU Physical Therapy join this episode to discuss their unique perspectives as a Clinical Instructor (CI) and Physical therapy student. As the CI, Billy talks about the rewarding nature of working with students in the home health setting, as well as some of the unique challenges that come along with this added responsibility. As a soon-to-be entry-level PT graduate, Fahima discusses how her impressions of home health have changed over the course of her experience, as well as the growth in both confidence and competence she has experienced throughout her 8-week affiliation. The audience can expect to walk away with a positive and inspirational view of the CI-student relationship in the home health setting.
VNS Health Home Care- https://www.vnshealth.org/homecare/
NYU Doctor of Physical Therapy- https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/degree/doctor-physical-therapy