Addressing The Unmet Needs of Patients with Long COVID

Course Overview
When it comes to working with patients with Long COVID, there are so many questions and conflicting answers.

• How hard should you push these patients?
• Which evalulations and special tests are most effective for this population?
• You’re treating patients for another diagnosis … but they had COVID … how do you modify your plan of care?

We will answer these questions and so many more about appropriate screening, assessment, and interventions for your patients with long COVID and other comorbidities. We will look at the impact of long COVID on the immune system, especially with autonomic dysregulation, and address how to move your patients forward and educate them about how to appropriately improve their everyday functioning.

Learning Outcomes 
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

• Analyze challenges of post-COVID patients and their impact on functional and occupational performance.
• Apply screening tools for lingering effects of COVID-19 to best utilize solutions for these problems and enhance performance of activities of daily living and other occupational tasks.
• Assess the significance of sleep/rest in rehabilitation following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
• Assess the significance of the inflammatory response in COVID-19 and how to address these changes in patients.
• Analyze how to rewire neurology pathways with neuroplasticity techniques for enhanced functional and occupational performance in post viral autonomic dysregulation.
• Investigate, accommodate, and treat rehabilitation challenges and immune system challenges?to improve client participation in activities and treatment.

About the Author/Presenter 
Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP, is an expert in fall prevention and neuro rehab with more than 25 years of experience treating patients with hemiplegia, neuromuscular disorders, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injuries (SCI). She has been extensively involved with neuroprosthetic devices, lower extremity orthotics, and exoskeletons at the Rehab Institute of Michigan. She helped create the Fall Prevention Specialist and Geriatric Care Professional certifications with the Evergreen Certifications, has the certification herself, and sits on their advisory board.

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals 
Colibri Healthcare 
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):  
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

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