As health care providers, we know that movement is medicine—but what happens when anxiety, depression, fear avoidance, or loneliness prevent our older adult patients from fully engaging in rehabilitation? Traditional interventions focus on biomechanics and strengthening, but research shows that addressing psychosocial barriers can significantly enhance patient outcomes. In this dynamic and evidence-based webinar, we’ll explore how integrating psychosocial strategies into your clinical practice can improve adherence, reduce stress-related functional decline, and help patients regain confidence in their mobility.
You’ll learn how to identify signs of anxiety and depression in older adults, tailor interventions for patients struggling with fear avoidance behaviors, and implement communication techniques that foster trust and motivation. We’ll also cover strategies to address sleep disturbances, enhance social engagement, and improve patient adherence to home exercise programs. This is not just about theory—this is about real, practical approaches you can implement immediately to transform your treatment outcomes.
If you’re ready to go beyond standard physical interventions and make a deeper impact in your patients’ lives, this webinar is for you. Join us and take your clinical skills to the next level by integrating the psychosocial components that truly drive functional success in geriatric rehabilitation!
- Introduction
- Welcome
- Why Psychosocial Factors Matter in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Overview of Evidence-Based Research in Psychosocial Influences in Rehab
- Understanding Common Psychosocial Issues in Older Adults
- Depression & Anxiety
- Recognizing symptoms and their impact on rehabilitation
- Fast, efficient, and evidence-based screening techniques
- Exercise and non-exercise interventional strategies and adaptations
- Loneliness
- Examining its key features, scope, and impact on rehab
- Evidence-based screening techniques
- Educational and implementable interventions to mitigate its effects
- Fear of Falling / Avoidance Behaviors
- How fear of pain and falling lead to inactivity and functional decline
- How to employ evidence-based screening techniques to identify and measure
- Use of both exercise and non-exercise interventional strategies to improve confidence and self-efficacy
- Adherence to Home Exercise
- Learning the impact of low adherence on function and rehab, as well as common barriers to adherence
- Assessing adherence with objective, evidence based scales and basic home measures
- Employing HEP modifications, educational techniques, and cognitive-behavioral strategies to boost adherence
- Therapeutic Alliance
- Recognizing/appreciating the profound impact on outcomes
- Measuring therapeutic alliance with evidence-based, efficient methods
- Communication skills, evidence-based tools, and practical strategies to strengthen patient/therapist alliance
- Health Literacy
- Appreciating its importance in terms of therapy outcomes based on statistical data
- Screening health literacy with valid/reliable tools from the scientific literature
- Applying communication strategies and teaching strategies to enhance communication and retention
- Sleep hygiene
- Role of poor sleep in pain, cognition, and recovery
- Evidence-based screening for sleep disturbance and monitoring of sleep behaviors
- Educational techniques, cognitive-behavioral techniques, relaxation techniques, and exercise adaptations to enhance sleep quality and duration
- Psychosocial concerns in dementia and behavioral disturbance
- Quantifying and describing the psychosocial concerns specific to those with cognitive deficits
- Caregiver inclusive training, communication strategies, environmental adaptations, and novel evidence-based strategies and tools to assuage behavioral disturbance and increase participation
- Putting It All Together – Case Studies
- Breakout groups will tackle two multifaceted, complex cases to employ screening and interventional techniques to successfully diagnose and treat a patient with effective, evidence-based care
- Depression & Anxiety
- Wrap-Up and Questions
- Summary of covered topics and final questions
- Introduction
- Welcome
- Why Psychosocial Factors Matter in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Overview of Evidence-Based Research in Psychosocial Influences in Rehab
- Understanding Common Psychosocial Issues in Older Adults
- Depression & Anxiety
- Recognizing symptoms and their impact on rehabilitation
- Fast, efficient, and evidence-based screening techniques
- Exercise and non-exercise interventional strategies and adaptations
- Loneliness
- Examining its key features, scope, and impact on rehab
- Evidence-based screening techniques
- Educational and implementable interventions to mitigate its effects
- Fear of Falling / Avoidance Behaviors
- How fear of pain and falling lead to inactivity and functional decline
- How to employ evidence-based screening techniques to identify and measure
- Use of both exercise and non-exercise interventional strategies to improve confidence and self-efficacy
- Adherence to Home Exercise
- Learning the impact of low adherence on function and rehab, as well as common barriers to adherence
- Assessing adherence with objective, evidence based scales and basic home measures
- Employing HEP modifications, educational techniques, and cognitive-behavioral strategies to boost adherence
- Therapeutic Alliance
- Recognizing/appreciating the profound impact on outcomes
- Measuring therapeutic alliance with evidence-based, efficient methods
- Communication skills, evidence-based tools, and practical strategies to strengthen patient/therapist alliance
- Health Literacy
- Appreciating its importance in terms of therapy outcomes based on statistical data
- Screening health literacy with valid/reliable tools from the scientific literature
- Applying communication strategies and teaching strategies to enhance communication and retention
- Sleep hygiene
- Role of poor sleep in pain, cognition, and recovery
- Evidence-based screening for sleep disturbance and monitoring of sleep behaviors
- Educational techniques, cognitive-behavioral techniques, relaxation techniques, and exercise adaptations to enhance sleep quality and duration
- Psychosocial concerns in dementia and behavioral disturbance
- Quantifying and describing the psychosocial concerns specific to those with cognitive deficits
- Caregiver inclusive training, communication strategies, environmental adaptations, and novel evidence-based strategies and tools to assuage behavioral disturbance and increase participation
- Putting It All Together – Case Studies
- Breakout groups will tackle two multifaceted, complex cases to employ screening and interventional techniques to successfully diagnose and treat a patient with effective, evidence-based care
- Wrap-Up and Questions
- Summary of covered topics and final questions
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