Support Immobile Elderly ResidentsCOURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Support Immobile Elderly Residents course. This program has been designed to equip you with the knowledge, clinical insight and practical strategies required to safely and effectively support elderly residents who are immobile or have significantly reduced mobility. You will examine the complexity of immobility, the associated risks, the techniques used to preserve function, and the multidisciplinary approaches required

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Welcome to the Support Immobile Elderly Residents course. This program has been designed to equip you with the knowledge, clinical insight and practical strategies required to safely and effectively support elderly residents who are immobile or have significantly reduced mobility. You will examine the complexity of immobility, the associated risks, the techniques used to preserve function, and the multidisciplinary approaches required to maintain safety, dignity and quality of life.

This course begins by exploring the complexity of immobile or barely mobile residents, the five major categories of limited mobility and the factors contributing to immobility. This learning area also examines the implications, consequences and complications that arise from immobility, while defining the terms barely mobile and potentially mobile to guide appropriate care planning.

The next learning area focuses on strategies for preventing complications related to immobility, including how cost-cutting and ignorance contribute to tragic outcomes. This learning area expands on methods for managing common problems encountered in immobile or barely mobile residents, considerations for fully dependent residents and the three levels of movement required to maintain function.

The next learning area examines the importance of preserving movement ability and why anatomical knowledge is essential when performing passive limb movements. This learning area outlines precautions and contraindications for passive movement and provides guidance on encouraging movement across the head and neck, trunk, scapula, upper limb, elbow and superior radioulnar joint, wrist and hand, and lower limb.

The next learning area discusses how to manage residents with abnormal tone, including spasticity, rigidity, flaccidity and oedema. This learning area also considers the specific needs of barely mobile residents and the factors that can alter a resident’s ability to perform activities of daily living at their usual level, ensuring that mobility plans are responsive, safe and person-centred.

The next learning area addresses safe transfer decision-making, including how to determine when a full hoist is necessary and how safety may be compromised if hoists are not used correctly. This learning area also explores organisational policies regarding the use of restraints and the ethical, safety and dignity considerations associated with their use.

The next learning area explores strategies for maintaining or maximising respiratory function in immobile elderly residents. This learning area highlights positioning techniques, assisted breathing exercises, airway clearance strategies and the role of regular movement in supporting respiratory capacity and reducing secondary complications.

By the end of this course you will be able to recognise the complexities of immobility, prevent and manage complications, apply correct passive and active movement techniques, identify abnormal tone presentations, implement safe transfer practices, understand restraint considerations and support respiratory health in elderly residents with significantly reduced mobility.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

·       The complexity of the immobile or barely mobile resident

·       The five major categories of resident with limited mobility

·       The factors contributing to immobility

·       The implications of immobility

·       The consequences arising from immobility

·       The complications emerging from immobility

·       What is meant by the barely mobile resident?

·       What is meant by the potentially mobile resident?

·       The strategies for preventing complications arising from immobility

·       The tragic outcomes of cost cutting and ignorance

·       How to manage problems encountered in immobile or barely mobile residents

·       The fully dependent resident

·       The three levels of movement

·       The importance of maintaining movement ability

·       The importance of having anatomical knowledge when passively moving a limb

·       The precautions and contraindications for passive movement

·       How to encourage movement to the head and neck?

·       How to encourage movement to the trunk?

·       How to encourage movement to the scapula?

·       How to encourage movement to the upper limb?

·       How to encourage movement to the elbow and superior radioulnar joint?

·       How to encourage movement to the wrist and hand?

·       How to encourage movement to the lower limb?

·       How to manage the resident with abnormal tone such as: spasticity, rigidity, flaccidity and oedema?

·       The considerations relating to the barely mobile resident

·       The factors that can change the ability of residents to perform at their usual level of participation in activities of daily living

·       How to decide when full hoist is necessary for transfers?

·       How safety might be compromised when using full hoist for transfer?

·       When are restraints used?

·       How to maintain or maximise respiratory function?

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.