Neuroplasticity for Long Term Cognitive Health & Functional Independence

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Benjamin J. White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG Related seminars and products

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Benjamin White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG, is an expert in neurological rehabilitation and clinical leadership. He has experience in leadership within multiple clinical settings including home health, skilled nursing, outpatient, acute, and inpatient rehab. He is known for generating both employee and patient satisfaction as they move toward their desired goals. His expertise lies specifically in the following diagnoses: stroke, Parkinson’s, concussion, and vestibular rehabilitation.

Dr. White has a history of physical therapy in the state of Texas for over a decade. He has owned his own practice and worked within multiple healthcare settings. He now serves as the market director representing inpatient rehab in the state of Tennessee for HCA Healthcare.

Dr. White is an award-winning clinical instructor, a renowned national speaker, and has published numerous articles on the topics of neuroplasticity and stroke. He has a history of serving the Parkinsonian population in their homes and in the community assisting them to return to their own desired optimal function from an emotional and functional realm.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Benjamin White receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Benjamin White has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Demonstrate how neuroplasticity, specificity, and movement with purpose can be applied to tailor rehabilitation strategies that support geriatric patients; participation in meaningful activities, functional independence, and desired quality of life.
2. Design evidence-based treatment interventions that are easily modifiable to the patient’s occupational profile and other factors, including frailty, pharmacotherapy, co-morbidities, behavior change, and psychosocial barriers.
3. Implement skill specific therapeutic activities to set the stage for neuroplasticity in the aged brain and facilitate new learning to enhance performance with purposeful everyday activities such as self-care, community independence, and social enjoyment.

Outline

• Adaptability of the central nervous system
• Neuroplasticy vs. compensation
• Adaptive and maladaptive functional plasticity
• Synaptic organization, cortical remapping, and neurogenesis

• Navigate Brain Plasticity and Age-Related Changes
  • Vulnerability of hippocampus and prefrontal cortex
  • Impact on memory & executive functions
  • Slower recovery potential

• Active engagement to delay neural degradation – use it or lose it
• Specificity and repetition matter
• Modifying Intensity and time dependency
• Integrating movement with a purpose – goal driven
• Recognizing importance of patient preference & salience

• Evidence-Based Interventions
  • Task-specific & dual task training
  • Constraint-induced movement therapy
  • Guided imagery and mirror therapy
• Adaptive Therapeutic Activities for Geriatric Patients
  • Considerations for frailty, cognitive impairment, and comorbidities
  • Pharmacotherapy and red flags with exercises
  • The role of motivation, engagement and psychosocial support

Target Audience

• Registered Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Nursing Home Administrators