Garcia, Andrea
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Effects of fall education for EMS professionals who answer frequent fall calls from community dwelling older adults, 2025
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Identifier: b7932415
Abstract
Importance: Community-dwelling older adults (CDA) often utilize EMS for “lift-assists” after falling but rarely report these incidents to their PCPs. This reporting gap may contribute to missed fall prevention interventions and subsequent falls.
Objective: To examine the impact of OT-led fall prevention training for EMS professionals to assess and refer fallers to appropriate healthcare professionals in an effort to prevent future falls.
Design: Quasi-experimental pre-post...
Dates:
2025
Using golf as a meaningful occupation to improve older adult participation : occupational and physical therapy practitioner experiences, 2024
Item — Call number MU Thesis Mot
Identifier: b7931943
Abstract
As individuals age, they may experience limitations in their capacity to engage in meaningful physical activities regardless of their desire to do so. For much of the older adult population golf could be identified as a meaningful occupation (Stenner et al., 2020). This project used qualitative design to investigate the lived experiences of occupational and physical therapy practitioners who have used golf as a meaningful occupation to improve participation in a treatment session with the...
Dates:
2024