AOTA

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Toileting, while a daily task, continues to be inconsistently addressed by clinicians. Both client and clinician can feel uneasy discussing this socially-sensitive topic; however, attaining client-centered goals expands a client's occupational performance in self-care, home and community mobility, social participation, and role management (AOTA, 2020). Occupational therapy practitioners are experts in therapeutic use of self, task analysis, and both spoken and unspoken communication (AOTA, 2020). By fine-tuning these already-existing traits, clinicians will obtain a more accurate, robust occupational profile and leverage this information for the effective implementation of evidence-based methods in support of toileting routines. Toileting is an essential ADL that all occupational therapy practitioners of any experience level, in every setting, encounter either directly or indirectly. This webinar layers education for toileting into existing occupational therapy skills such as collecting an occupational profile, modifying environmental needs, recommending appropriate equipment, and supporting healthy habits for improved client occupational performance.   After this webinar, participants will be more self-assured when recommending specific toileting aids, hygiene equipment, behavior modification, and integration of new habits into existing routines.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

·       Affirm the evaluation and treatment of incontinence are well within the scope of general occupational therapy practitioners across various settings.

·       Apply dynamic components from the occupational therapy domain and process to reaffirm that pelvic floor interventions are within every practitioner's capability, without extensive, specialized training.

·       Customize effective interventions by extrapolating client-specific details captured during the intake interview.

SPEAKER

Lindsey Vestal, MS, OTR/L

Earn 1.50 Contact Hour