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Continuing Professional Education for Gerontology Professionals

CEGR 0124-001 EADLs: Enabling Access to Environments and Activities Across the Lifespan

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Time: 7:30am - 9:00am
Location:
            The Health Center at Galloway
            66 West Jim Leeds Road
            Galloway, New Jersey 08205
Cost: Free; registration required; includes breakfast
Instructor: Kimberly A. Furphy, DHSc, OTR, ATP
CE Approvals: 1.0 CE for Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, and AOTA.
Intended for: Professionals, para-professionals, and other caregivers who work with older adults.
 
                                                           

This session focuses on provision of EADL (Environmental Control Unit) devices for individuals across the lifespan.  Participants will have the opportunities to learn about various devices available to offer individuals access to multiple environments in which they need to function, as well as to identify the barriers to provision of these devices and where to find these devices/resources.

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Objectives:

• Identify and select a wide range of applications for control of devices in the home, school, community, and workplace environments
• Recognize and list the barriers to provision of EADL devices and systems that enhance function in individuals across the lifespan
• Recognize and list the strategies used in and means for providing EADL devices/units to individuals across the lifespand

Instructor Biography: Kimberly A. Furphy, DHSc, OTR, ATP, was granted a Doctor of Health Science Degree with concentrations in Assistive Technology and Gerontology at the University of St. Augustine for the Health Sciences, a Master of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Virginia.  She is also a certified as an Assistive Technology Practitioner by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Her clinical and research interests include assistive technology applications in the treatment and education of individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities as well as pedagogical innovations for professionals working in the field of assistive technology.  She has worked as an Assistant/Associate Professor in the MSOT program at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey since 2000 teaching courses in assessment and treatment of the adult and geriatric populations, upper extremity rehabilitation and splinting, as well as assistive technology interventions. She is also the current program director of the MSOT Program at Stockton.  She has numerous presentations at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference and at the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference on the topics of assistive technology, wheelchair seating and positioning, and home modification and is a frequently invited lecturer at local schools and facilities on these topics. Dr. Furphy is also the author of the chapter on assessment tools for Activities of Daily Living in the book Occupational Therapy Assessment Tools: An Annotated Index, 3rd Edition and a forthcoming chapter on Assistive Technology for the Older Adult population. 

CEGR 0125-001 New Guidelines in Defining Cognitive Changes in Late Adulthood

Date: Thusday, June 6, 2013
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
           Brandywine Senior Living at Brandall Estates
           432 Central Avenue
           Linwood, New Jersey 08221
Cost: Free, registration required, includes dinner
Instructor: Christine A. Gayda, Ph.D.
CE Approvals: Applied for 2.0 CE for Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, and AOTA.
Intended for: Professionals, para-professionals, and other caregivers who work with older adults.

The purpose of the program is to address the gaps in knowledge about the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) guidelines for patients with Neurocognitive disorders and the implications for diagnosis, research, and working with patients and their families.

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Objectives:

• Discuss what is known about cognition in late adulthood from medical, genetic, and neurocognitive research
• Describe the new DSM-5 criteria for diagnosing both Minor and Major Neurocognitive disorders
• Summarize the terminology proposed by National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer’s Association
• Explain how to apply the newly developed diagnostic criteria in helping patients and families
   

For additional resources for Gerontology Professional, visit the Stockton
Center on Successful Aging website.

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