This webinar will introduce the latest science behind fall prevention and what it means in terms of best practices in proactively helping residents stay mobile, independent, and cognitively healthy.
There is increasing evidence that challenges with walking, poor balance, and tendency to fall are associated with declines in cognitive capacity. This mental influence on residents’ physical well-being can tend to limit the effectiveness of existing fall prevention interventions that focus on environment (multifactorial) or physical exercise alone. However, additional research has shown that the way the brains of older adults compensate for this decline opens the door for training and therapy that can substantially reverse this atrophy through the growth of new neural connections (brain plasticity).
Directors of Resident Life, Fitness Managers, Rehabilitation Managers, Health and Wellness Program Managers, and persons responsible for Life Enrichment and Resident Services should join this webinar to:
Understand the science behind fall prevention
Review fall prevention activities and their effectiveness
Gain an introduction to the concept of motor-cognitive training and its influence on gait, balance, and falls
Our Speakers
Craig Hillman, PhD
Dr. Hillman is the SVP of US Operations for GaitBetter and has been working in the area of rehabilitation and senior living since 2020. Before that, Dr. Hillman founded a technology startup that was acquired in 2019. He has a BS from Carnegie Mellon, a PhD from University of California – Santa Barbara, and received a post-doctoral fellowship from the University of Cambridge.
Justin Gray, DPT
Dr. Gray has been treating patients and older adults since 2019, primarily in acute care hospital settings. Indications have included neuro, cardiac, trauma, and oncology. Dr. Gray has also been a clinical instructor for DPT students. He has a BS from Morgan State and a DPT from Thomas Jefferson University.
