This package includes the following: 

Home Study Course: Topics in Geriatrics, Volume 3.Worth 30 Contact Hours, $300 value

Topics Covered:

• Physical Therapy Applications for Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers--Cheryl LaFollette Anderson, PT, PhD, MBA, GCS
• Bariatric Geriatrics: Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults who are Obese--Michael L. Puthoff, PT, PhD 
•  Fall Prevention--Celinda P. Evitt, PT, PhD, GCS 
•  Health Promotions in Geriatric Care: The Collaboration Between Physical Therapy and Public Health--Kathryn K. Brewer, PT, GCS, MEd
• Exercise Prescription for Older Adults--Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD and Patrick VanBeveren, PT, DPT, MA, OCS, CSCS         
• Successful Aging: Biopsychosocial and Environmental Implications for Physical Therapist Practice--Mary Thompson, PT, PhD, GCS  

Home Study Course: Cultural Diversity of Older Americans.Worth 30 Contact Hours, $225 valueTopics Covered:

• Developing cultural competence: Working with Older Adults of Hispanic Origin
• An Overview of East Asian Cultures for the Physical Therapist
•  Rehabilitation and Native American Elders·          Contemporary and Historical Factors Influencing Health Care for Alaska Natives
• Caribbean Culture
• African American Culture
• Religious Issues
•  Working with Clients with Alternative Lifestyles        
• Overview of Cultural Competency: Considerations for Older

Adults Instructional Video: Kypholordosis Measurement Using a Flexible Curve 

Physical therapy interventions for treatment of impaired spinal posture need to be determined through the use of evidence-based evaluation procedures. Utilization of the flexible curve procedure is an efficient and cost effective method for obtaining valid and reproducible objective measurements of individuals with kypholordosis.  Customers will receive a CD with five videos and five support documents. The videos include four clients being measured, and one demonstrating the tracing technique. The support documents include instructions for using the CD, descriptive text including validity and reliability, equipment set-up, measurement protocol, and using the data. $5 from the sale of each video will be donated to the Geriatric Fund in the PT Foundation.   

Consumer Poster: What to do if you fall at home             

Section on Geriatrics Canvas Brief Bag      

Consumer PowerPoint Presentations (3)  ValueTopics: Balance and Falls, Osteoporosis, and Health Promotion and Wellness.  Each PowerPoint comes with a brochure that you can copy and hand out, and embedded notes to help you give the presentation. 

One year worth of the Section on Geriatrics’ Journal, Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy                       

Funds raised through this auction will be donated to the Geriatric Fund in the Foundation for Physcial Therapy. 

Visit the Section on Geriatrics at www.geriatricspt.org