Empowering Care Partners: Transfer & Cuing Techniques for LBD
June 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm EDT
Join Heather Cianci, PT, MS, GCS for an insightful and practical webinar designed specifically for care partners and paid caregivers of individuals living with Lewy body dementia (LBD). This session will provide you with essential strategies to improve the quality of care and support you offer.
Learn safe and efficient methods for transferring individuals with LBD, reducing the risk of injury for both the caregiver and the person receiving care. Discover effective cuing techniques to enhance communication and cooperation, making daily tasks easier and more manageable.
Key Takeaways:
- Safe and Effective Transfers: Learn practical techniques for safely transferring individuals with LBD, minimizing the risk of injury for both the care partner/ giver and the person receiving care.
- Enhanced Communication through Cuing: Discover effective cuing strategies to improve communication and cooperation, making daily tasks smoother and more manageable.
- Comprehensive Support Resources: Learn about valuable resources and support networks to help you navigate the challenges of caregiving, ensuring you are well-equipped to provide compassionate and effective care.
About Heather Cianci, PT, MS, GCS
Heather is the founding therapist of the Dan Aaron Parkinson’s Rehabilitation Center at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA – a partner with the University of Pennsylvania’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center (PDMDC). She received her bachelor’s in physical therapy from the University of Scranton and her master’s in gerontology from Saint Joseph’s University.
Heather has been a physical therapist since 1994 and received her board certification in geriatrics in 1999 from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She holds many exercise-specific certifications for Parkinson’s and serves as an LSVT® BIG Faculty Instructor for LSVT Global, Inc., and Co-coordinator and PT Faculty for the Parkinson’s Foundation’s Team Training Program.
Heather has authored book chapters on rehabilitative strategies for PD and dementia and is also the author of the Parkinson’s Foundation’s educational manual “Fitness Counts.” She teaches about rehabilitation and PD at Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA) and Neumann University (Aston, PA) and is active in research on exercise and PD. Heather is former board member for CurePSP and the lead physical therapist of the Comprehensive Outpatient Atypical Parkinsonism Clinic at the PDMDC.
Registration Link: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ao3kSfZL12tPseMHd7naeoB5oIQj5hoOi5ypFMbGPjgmsHnuEBok~AkLsnN0mkT_oTn6BuuAaGS5xJ1rSJ-V1y7SOh7W6geMX5PXKMuCU44ocBQ
For questions or more information, please contact Rose Heithoff, Education Coordinator, at rheithoff@lbda.org.