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This course is the first in a series of courses that examines the aging process and its effects on the human body.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects memory.

This course reviews the relationship between aging and stroke.

This course will explain how the aging process contributes to changes in the cardiovascular system.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects mobility, including risk factors, complications and dangers of immobility, and details how therapeutic activities can lessen mobility problems. 

This course reviews the relationship between aging and multiple sclerosis.

This course will explain how the aging process contributes to chronic kidney disease.

Managing diabetes in the elderly presents many challenges. This course provides an overview of those challenges and how they can be met.

This course provides an overview of the causes and risk factors, signs and symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly population.

This course provides an overview of ethnogeriatrics which is the influence of ethnicity and culture on the health and well-being of older adults.

While effective communication should be a focus of home medical equipment specialists with all ages of patients, special attention should be paid to working with older adults as an increase in age can bring about medical conditions that may require more patience and an adjustment in how one provides and receives medical information. This course includes tips on how to better facilitate communication with older adult populations.

This course reviews the effects, causes and treatment options of sleep disorders among the elderly population.

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

This course – along with part 3 of this series, “HMOD003 - Accessibility Design Solutions” – will guide you through the selling and designing of home modifications using an independent/assisted living strategy.

This course contains information about the prevalence and results of falls, and provides information that HME providers can share with their older clients to minimize the risk of falling.

This course reviews five different levels of home accessibility products and services and looks at some of the more common types of modifications that could be used in specific areas of a client’s home.

This course demonstrates how home accessibility remodeling programs can be developed, marketed, and successfully grown for the benefit of potential customers and the providers themselves, resulting in improved cash flow and profits.

In HR019c, you will learn about age-specific competency as it relates to people from newborn to preschool, school-age children, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. You will learn that to provide proper care, the caregiver’s communication, and approach should be appropriate for the person’s age.

This is the first of a 3-part series of modules designed to assist you in developing a practical approach to using electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) as an important tool in patient care. This series of modules is provided by Rehabilicare.

This is the second of a three-part series of courses designed to provide an overview to the home medical equipment provider about the seating and mobility provision process: evaluation of the client, equipment simulation, funding requirements, and selecting the proper seating equipment for a particular client. This second part of the series focuses on the simulation and funding processes.

This course contains content specific to pediatrics where appropriate.

 You should complete Part 1 of this series (REHB003a - Seating & Mobility: Evaluation) prior to taking this course, and you should complete this course before completing Part 3 (REHB003c - Seating & Mobility: Choosing a Seat Cushion and Back Support).

This first part of the series focuses on recruiting the best people for your company.

This course focuses on forklift inspection and operation, load handling, and forklift refueling. You should complete Part 1 of this series before completing this course.

This second module addresses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). This series of modules is provided by Rehabilicare.

This third module addresses neuromuscular electrical nerve stimulation (NMES). This series of modules is provided by Rehabilicare.

This course is intended to apply your knowledge of HIPAA basics to the workplace. You should complete part one of this series (“HIP001 – Understanding HIPAA”) before taking this course.