Practice Essentials: Working with Older People – Module 2 delivers essential knowledge and skills related to assessment, planning of needs, goal setting, and outcome measures to best address the broad and changing needs of older people. 

This comprehensive module provides the essential knowledge base needed to excel and truly make a difference in your work with older people. It is specifically crafted to lay the groundwork for occupational therapists embarking on their careers in this area, or for experienced OTs seeking to upskill, transition into this dynamic practice area or are returning to practice after a break. It prepares you to deliver services that are secure, principled, and culturally sensitive across various practice environments.  

The module equips practitioners with the essential skills to undertake comprehensive assessments with focussed lessons supporting learners to gain confidence in utilising a variety of assessment tools, both formal and informal, to gather vital information.  The comprehensive approaches covered form the basis for developing sound clinical understandings, determining relevant needs, and meticulously planning support strategies and therapeutic interventions. 

Learners will develop the ability to critically evaluate the suitability of different assessment tools, fostering their capacity to adapt their assessment approach to suit diverse settings and circumstances. Through case studies and interactive opportunities learners will gain the necessary skills to identify and respond effectively to changing presentations across a range of contexts and the ability to use assessments tools to support outcome measures when evaluating clinical approaches and tracking client goals 

Through the lessons in this module, the curriculum strongly emphasises a strong focus on delivering client-centred approaches whether that be during assessments, goals setting or outcome measurement, whilst ensuring the views of carers, advocates, and the wider care team are appropriately integrated. 

The content in this module relates to the capabilities outlined in Domain 2 of the OTA Capability Framework for Occupational Therapists Working with Older People. 

After completing this module, you will be able to: 

• Understand and be able to utilise occupational-focused performance assessments to determine functional ability. 

• Be able to use the outcomes of assessment to describe a person’s occupational identity, sense of competence and the key occupational issues, and draw on occupational formulation to inform the development of an individual's plans and measurable goals. 

• Be able to complete low complexity assessment in a range of core areas when working with older people including cognitive assessment, environmental assessment, physical health conditions, functional transfers, falls, assistive technology, and environmental modifications. 

• Have begun to develop an understanding of and complete basic assessment in a range of specialised areas including capacity assessment, behaviour, sensory needs, mental health, driving, powered mobility devices, risk assessment tools, and safety planning. 

• Understand how to report on the outcomes of assessments to support clients to access funding and other services, drawing on support from senior colleagues. 

• Critically appraise and identify suitable assessments, goals setting tools and outcome measures to use across a range of contexts. 

• Have an understanding of the various ways in which abuse of the older person may present and seek support to mitigate risk. 

• Understand and integrate strengths-based approaches into daily practice. 

This module is suitable for: 
Early career OTs or more experienced OTs transitioning into roles where they work with older people. 

CPD HOURS: 
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 6 hours

ACCESS: 
This module will take approximately 6 hours to complete. You may revisit this module at any time within 6 months from purchase date and download documents embedded within the modules. 

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Non Member: $ 480
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For organisations wishing to purchase multiple bundles of the Practice Essentials: Working with Older People, please contact info@otaus.com.au to discuss.

The Practice Essentials: Working with Older People Modules can be purchased as a bundle, visit the Bundle product page to find out more.

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