AGPT: Using the MyMobility Plan to Help Older Adults Stay Injury-free and Independent

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  • On Demand Replay
  • Presented: July 30, 2019
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Description

Changes in mobility that come with aging may reduce older adults’ independence. Many people make financial plans for retirement, but don’t consider how to plan for potential changes in mobility. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the MyMobility Plan initiative to assist individuals in planning for a safe, mobile and independent tomorrow. CDC developed the mobility planning tool, using available scientific evidence, to help older adults plan for future mobility changes that might increase their risk for motor vehicle crashes and falls.

This webinar will assist physical therapists with mobility planning for patients/clients, family members, or friends in their homes and communities.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the reasons for and the outcomes from mobility changes that my come with aging.
  2. Employ the MyMobility Plan with older adult patients to help maintain optimal mobility.
  3. Describe at least three strategies that physical therapists can use to share the MyMobility Plan with older adults or their caregivers.

About The Speaker(s)

Gwen Bergen, PhD, MS, MPH serves as a Behavioral Scientist on the Home and Recreation Team in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (DUIP) at the Injury Center. She works to prevent older adult falls, to understand older adult mobility issues, and on investigating better sources of surveillance and economic data for unintentional injury.

Prior to serving on the Home and Recreation Team, she was a Behavioral Scientist on the Motor Vehicle Team. She began her career at CDC as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Center for Health Statistics working with the injury group. Prior to starting her career in public health she worked as a computer scientist designing, developing, and testing information systems.

Dr. Bergen received her bachelor of science degree in health systems and her master of science in information and computer sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. She received her masters of public health from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA and her doctorate in health policy and management with an emphasis in social and behavioral science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 
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