Abilities Care Approach Webinar Series

“Implementing the Abilities Care Approach to Enhance, Participation, Well-Being and Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Residents”
A 6-week webinar series focusing on designing effective maintenance program and training caregivers in implementation of interventions in the long-term care environment
This course is intended for SLP, OT, OTA
Getting Started Checklist:
● Review course materials from OT 5-hour Abilities Care course
● Use Slums or MOCA for eval –consider using Cognitive Assessment Tool to obtain an estimate of the Allen Cognitive Level.
● Familiarize self with Abilities Care Approach resources on the Portal
● Screen patients (see Abilities Care Approach Screening Form) and identify 3 patient (ideally one in level two, three, and four)
● Send out Life History Profiles for referrals to be evaluated/ plan to have completed from caregivers by end of week 1 (Social serves may be able to help with this)
● Consider setting up a “Resource Binder” with frequently used materials for Abilities Care Approach program: Codes, documentation, forms, and assessments all available on the portal.

Instructor: Gina Tucker-Roghi, OTD, OTR/L

Weekly Call starts Monday November 5th 12:45pm-1:45pm PST runs every Monday through December 10th **must attend each week for CEU credit**