Floor Transfer Training For Older Adults

Improve Quality of Life & Reduce Healthcare Costs: Mastering Floor Transfers for Seniors

Getting up from the floor is a common challenge for older adults, significantly impacting their quality of life and straining the health system. This course provides practical skills to help seniors regain this fundamental ability.

We'll start with a crucial question: What's the best approach when an older adult is on the floor? Should you immediately call an ambulance, or is safe assistance possible? We'll equip you with the knowledge to make informed decisions.

Learn how to safely assist seniors up from the floor, minimizing the risk of injury to both you and the individual. Discover a systematic approach to assessing floor transfer capacity – a method often overlooked by therapists due to fear of clients getting stuck. Our technique, requiring only common household items, guarantees a safe assessment.

What if a senior cannot get up independently? This course provides strategies to help them regain independence through a structured approach to floor transfer development.

You'll learn:

• Skill Progression: Effective skill progressions for various types of floor transfers, catering to different abilities.
• Multiple Methods: Several floor transfer methods, gradually increasing in difficulty, to promote progressive improvement.

This online course will empower you to:

• Safely Manage Falls: Utilize a clear decision-making framework for assessing situations and deciding between assisting and calling for emergency services.
• Accurately Assess Floor Transfers: Confidently assess floor transfer abilities without the risk of clients becoming stuck.
• Develop Floor Transfer Skills Systematically: Implement a progression framework to build strength and coordination.
• Integrate into Therapy: Effectively incorporate floor transfers into therapy sessions using the FITT principle for optimal results.

This course is essential for therapists, caregivers, and anyone working to improve the well-being of older adults.