Adaptive Equipment (AE) and Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
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About the Course:
Adaptive equipment and durable medical equipment both have their places in the rehabilitative process. Both categories of equipment provide compensatory routes for patients who want to function as well and as independently as possible during their day-to-day lives. The following course material will assist physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) in addressing the numerous barriers to effectively incorporate adaptive equipment (AE) and durable medical equipment (DME) into their patients’ interventions—and eventually into their lives after discharge from services.
Learning Objectives:
Adaptive equipment and durable medical equipment both have their places in the rehabilitative process. Both categories of equipment provide compensatory routes for patients who want to function as well and as independently as possible during their day-to-day lives. The following course material will assist physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) in addressing the numerous barriers to effectively incorporate adaptive equipment (AE) and durable medical equipment (DME) into their patients’ interventions—and eventually into their lives after discharge from services.
Learning Objectives:
- Define adaptive equipment (AE) and durable medical equipment (DME).
- Identify current insurance coverage options for AE and DME.
- Describe OT and PT roles in AE and DME recommendations.
- Demonstrate incidences of appropriate and inappropriate recommendations for AE and/or DME.
- Examine environmental details of a patient’s discharge destination that would impact AE/DME recommendations.
- Assess a patient’s cognitive function and its impact on AE/DME recommendations.
- Evaluate a patient’s physical function and its impact on AE/DME recommendations.
- Prepare an accessible list of AE/DME resources for low-income patients and their families/caregivers.