Empower Clients with Mobility Impairments

Using Technology to Improve Quality of Life

Speaker:: Hillary Price, DPT, ATP
Duration:: 1 Hour 22 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Jul 26, 2019
Product Code:: POS063980
Media Type:: Digital Seminar

Price
$69.99 - Standard

Individuals with physical limitations want to take ownership of their lives, move forward, and gain independence! To make this happen, they need to know what options exist in the marketplace, how to obtain them, and how to best use them.

Learn about the latest and greatest in assistive technology, especially pertaining to wheelchair functions and accessories. We will focus on the various options available to individualize mobility equipment to maximize the end-user’s experience and independence. Learn how smart phones interface with power wheelchairs, how various controls are operated using Bluetooth devices that interface with power wheelchairs. Options will be presented that range from very simple to complex, affordable and main-stream to specialized and potentially cost-prohibitive. You’ll learn the recommended process for prescribing and obtaining assistive technology devices, as well as take home information and resources that can be shared with your patients immediately!

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Hillary Price, DPT, ATP, is a Physical Therapist at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Hillary’s practice focuses on neurological rehabilitation and specializes in wheelchair seating. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2010 and became a RESNA Certified Assistive Technologies Professional in 2016. Hillary grew up in Lake Tahoe, CA spending much of her time running, hiking, skiing, and generally just soaking up the splendor of the outdoors. Now living in Seattle, WA, she enjoys many of the same things, in addition to traveling, cooking, and spending time with her growing family.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. Hillary Price has an employment relationship with the University of Washington Medical Center - Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapies. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. Hillary Price is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

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Determine the role of the health care provider in procuring assistive technology
Distinguish the pros and cons of both power and manual wheelchairs
Assess at least 3 different applications of Bluetooth technology in improving independence in power wheelchair users

Introduction to assistive technology
Provide definitions and examples of assistive technology pertaining to wheelchair users (both simple add-on devices such as luggage carriers or cup holders, to complex such as a power-assist device or alternative power wheelchair controls)
Provide guidelines for equipment ordering process, including guidelines for insurance coverage based on the device and the patient’s diagnosis
Discuss alternative funding sources or community organizations that can help with access to assistive technology options
Define wheelchair classifications, manual and power
Discuss modifications necessary within a person’s home and transportation to accommodate manual versus power wheelchairs
Provide overview of power assist options for manual wheelchair users – a hybrid between power and manual
Provide outline of new power wheelchair features that utilize Bluetooth technology
Present and discuss case study for practical application of specific devices for a power wheelchair user
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