Level I Frail Elder Rehabilitation Certification
Issued by
Legacy Healthcare Services
Earners of this designation can identify underlying impairments and functional deficits associated with geriatric deconditioning. Earners can select standardized tests, develop and progress skilled interventions related to strengthening, balance, activity tolerance, urinary incontinence, and functional safety. Earners can establish or contribute to a plan of care for rehabilitation of the frail, elderly client and document treatments that are skilled, reasonable, and medically necessary.
Additional DetailsSkills
- Activity Tolerance
- Barthel Index
- Berg Balance
- Borg Scale
- Continence Management
- Fall Prevention
- Frail Elderly
- Karvonen Heart Rate
- Medically Complex
- Metabolic Equivalent Of Task
- Mobility
- One Repetition Maximum
- Perceived Exertion
- Postural Correction
- Progressive Exercise Prescription
- Safety In Motion
- Self-Care Skills
- SF-36 Health Survey
- Tinetti Tool
- Urinary Incontinence
Earning Criteria
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Instruct or complete Legacy’s proprietary three part Understanding Cognition Series including Part 1: A Foundation, Part 2: Tools and Techniques, and Part 3: Treatment Approaches
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Instruct or complete Legacy’s proprietary course titled "Progressive Exercise Prescription Program", including previous course versions of this topic offered by Legacy Healthcare Services.
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Instruct or complete Legacy’s proprietary course titled "Safety in Motion-A Focus on Balance", including previous course versions of this topic offered by Legacy Healthcare Services.
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Instruct or complete the course titled "One-Rep Max: Strength Training for the Geriatric Client", including previous course versions of this topic offered by Legacy Healthcare Services.
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Instruct or complete Legacy’s proprietary course titled "Continence Management", including previous course versions of this topic offered by Legacy Healthcare Services.
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Instruct or complete Legacy's proprietary course titled "Assessment and Treatment of Low Vision", including previous course versions of this topic offered by Legacy Healthcare Services.
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Learner receives a passing score on the corresponding exams.