the Falls Prevention and Management event flyer

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the Falls Prevention and Management event flyer
Falls Prevention and Management:
Best Practices for Community and Inpatient Care Settings
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Optum
(previously UnitedHealthcare®)
2700 North Tenaya Way
2716 Building
Las Vegas, Nevada
Directions to Optum®
Optum is located on Tenaya Way between Smoke Ranch Road and Cheyenne Avenue (just off
US 95 North). Drive into the main entrance of the complex, located at 2700 Tenaya Way; enter
the 2716 building. Please check in with the security guard to get your visitor’s badge.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Marriage & Family
Therapists, Long Term Care directors, administrators, staff, and other health professionals and community members
interested in the topics are welcome to attend.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT:
The University of Nevada School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Nevada School of Medicine
designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
This training has been approved by the Nevada State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care and by the University
of Nevada School of Medicine for Nurses for 7.25 hours of continuing education credit. This training has been
submitted to the Nevada State Boards for Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Physical Therapists
for 7.25 hours of continuing education credit.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please contact Jeri Ostrander at (702) 671-2381, jostrander@unr.edu for questions about the program, or
contact Diann Jones at (775) 682-8470, dsjones@unr.edu for questions about registering for the program.
This project is supported in part by funds from the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) under Geriatric Education Centers grant #UB4HP19205 for a total award of $2,082,315. Additional costs are embedded into
general operations and are incalculable. The information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or
policy of, nor endorsed by BHPr, HRSA, DHHS or the U.S. Government.
1701 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite 650, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 • (702) 671-2381 • Fax: (702) 671-6425
411 West 2nd Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 • (775) 682-8470 • Fax: (775) 784-4544 • http://medicine.nevada.edu/statewide/ngec
Falls Prevention and Management:
Best Practices for Community and Inpatient Care Settings
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
AGENDA
8:00 to 8:30
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Welcome
8:30 to 10:00
Falls Prevention: National Perspective and Comparison to Nevada
Mindy O. Renfro, PT, PhD, University of Montana Rural Institute
10:00 to 10:15
Break
10:15 to 10:45
Nevada Goes Falls Free Coalition: Call to Action!
Sue Schuerman, PT, GCS, MBA, PhD, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Lynda Le, MS, PA-C, Nellis Air Force Base Cardiology Department
10:45 to 11:45
Cognitive Impairment and Falls Risk
Lisa Rosenberg, MD, Roseman University of Health Sciences
11:45 to 12:15
Lunch
12:15 to 1:15
Moving Beyond Injury Reduction to Falls Prevention
Kim Falco, MSN, DNP, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare Systems
Trina Sauceda, MSG, MABE, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System
1:15 to 1:30
Break
1:30 to 2:30
Review of Evidenced-Based Programs
Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance, Matter of Balance: Fear of Falling, and Go4Life
Shannon Martin, OTD, OTR/L, Touro University Nevada
Sue Schuerman, PT, GCS, MBA, PhD, University of Nevada Las Vegas
2:30 to 3:15
Falls Prevention in the Home: Home Screening Checklists and Modifications
Shannon Martin, OTD, OTR/L, Touro University Nevada
3:15 to 3:30
Break
3:30 to 5:00
Inpatient Fall Risk Reduction is a Team Sport: A Review of the CAPTURE Falls Project
Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
1701 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite 650, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 • (702) 671-2381 • Fax: (702) 671-6425
411 West 2nd Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 • (775) 682-8470 • Fax: (775) 784-4544 • http://medicine.nevada.edu/statewide/ngec