Aging in Place: What It Means and How We Can Help
Presented by Angela Mansolillo
Aging in the familiar environment of their own home is the desire of most older individuals. This course will provide clinicians working with older clients with the resources they need to identify barriers to aging in place. Participants will be provided with practical strategies to reduce fall risk, improve nutrition and hydration, and improve health management skills in older adults.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate potential barriers to successful aging in place for older individuals
- Develop individualized strategies to facilitate safe and effective health management strategies in older adults aging in place
- Apply diet liberalization strategies to reduce risk of dehydration and malnutrition in aging clients with dysphagia
- Implement an interdisciplinary plan designed to reduce fall risk in older individuals
Meet your instructor
Angela Mansolillo
Angela Mansolillo is a speech-language pathologist and board-certified specialist in swallowing disorders with more than 25 years of experience. She is currently a senior speech-language pathologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she provides evaluation and treatment services for adults and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Aging in Place: What Is It, and What Does It Take?
This chapter will provide a brief overview of the aging process and aging in place. Types of barriers to successful aging in place and the interactions between those factors will be discussed.
2. Cognition, Mood, and Health Management
In this chapter, participants will review the interrelationships between cognitive, mood, activity, and health management skills. Strategies for improving health management, including medication management, will be provided.
3. Improving Nutrition and Hydration
Aging impacts nutrition and hydration in a number of ways. This chapter will review those impacts, and the clinician’s role in prevention of dehydration and malnutrition will be discussed. Participants will review the evidence base for diet liberalization with a goal of improving nutritional outcomes.
4. Fall Prevention: What Can We Do?
Fall prevention often takes a team. Causes and risk factors for falls in aging clients will be discussed, and the role of the SLP in fall prevention will be outlined.
More courses in this series
Aging in Place: Cognitive Changes in Aging and Strategies for Success
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Aging in Place: Swallow Exercise—When, Who, and How Much?
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Aging in Place: Frailty, Sarcopenia, and Swallowing, OH MY!
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Aging in Place: What It Means and How We Can Help
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Aging in Place: The Importance of Saliva
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Aging in Place: Sensory Interventions to Improve Swallow Function
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