#8: Supporting Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia with Brandy Archie (CE Course)

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Learn more about our guest: Brandy Archie, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP, CLVT

Supplemental Materials

Read the article and discussion upon which this podcast is based.
See the documentation example, which features an example treatment note featuring caregiver support submitted by Brandy Archie.

Course Description

Released March 1, 2021 from Aurora, NE

This podcast episode discusses the important topic of how to support those who care for people with dementia. Dementia tends to inform many conversations around caregiving, largely because it is such a pressing public health concern.

Yet, this is a conversation that goes beyond a single diagnosis. After all, many of our occupational therapy clients receive some type of caregiving, whether formal or informal. And, the reality is that caregivers’ health (or lack thereof) is likely to impact our clients’ health.

I believe all occupational therapists—regardless of practice setting or patient population—will benefit from understanding the takeaways from this research.

After we look at some specific research on this topic, we’ll be bringing in our expert guest, Brandy Archie, OTD, the founder of AccessAble Living, to talk about the practical implications of supporting caregivers in your OT practice.

Primary Research Explored

When you log in, be sure to check out the OT Potential Club’s written breakdown of the following research article, then share your questions and thoughts with fellow practitioners.

Vandepitte S, Van Den Noortgate N, Putman K, Verhaeghe S, Faes K, Annemans L. Effectiveness of Supporting Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Systematic Review of Randomized and Non-Randomized Controlled Trials. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Apr 8;52(3):929-65. doi: 10.3233/JAD-151011. PMID: 27079704. (Free to access)

Secondary Research

Learning Objectives

  • Based on the research, you will be able to identify commonalities of OT interventions that had the best outcomes.
  • Based on the research, you will be able to identify which areas of caregiver health may be most beneficial to assess for measuring outcomes.

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Breakdown of primary research (10 minutes)

  • Why is there such a need to support informal caregivers of people with dementia?
  • What does the research tell us about the potential toll of being a caregiver—and how does this impact the health of the person with dementia?
  • What was the intent of this systematic review?
  • How did the classify supportive interventions?
  • What OT-specific results did they find?
  • What assessments were used in the OT studies?
  • What were some other results of interest to OTs?
  • What did the authors conclude and discuss?
  • What are some practical takeaways for OTs?

Discussion on practical implications for OTs (with guest Brandy Archie, OTD) (45 minutes)

  • Why do you think it is important for OTs to consider the support of caregivers?
  • What are the current gaps you see in adequately supporting caregivers?
  • Based on your reading/experience, what are some components of an OT interventions that would focus more explicitly on supporting caregivers?
  • How do you see the support of caregivers playing out in your own practice?
  • How do you use home modifications to support caregivers?
  • Have you ever done any assessments related to caregiver health/burden? Did any assessments in the research look interesting to you?
  • What are some ways OTs can get reimbursed for providing caregiver support? How can we document caregiver support to ensure we get paid for our time?
  • In your ideal world, how would you like to see OTs supporting caregivers in the traditional setting, as well as by taking a more entrepreneurial approach?

Contact Hours

1 hour (0.1 AOTA CEUs)

Target Audience/Educational Level

Occupational therapy practitioners who work caregivers and patients with dementia. The educational level is introductory.

Instructional Methods/Registration/Special Needs Requests/Cancellation Policy

This course is an independent/self-study course delivered via podcast on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Explore your listening options on the OT Potential Podcast page.

If you need accommodations to take this course, please contact us and we will address your needs on an individual basis.

If this course were to be cancelled, please see our cancellation policy on our terms page.

Course Completion Requirements

In order to receive a certificate for this course, you must first listen to the podcast in its entirety. Then, you will need to take the test (found at the top of this page) and earn 75% or higher. If you pass, a certificate will be automatically generated and sent to your email.

Speakers

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Brandy Archie, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP, CLVT

Dr. Archie received her doctorate in occupational therapy from Creighton University. She is certified in both Living in Place and Low Vision Therapy. Dr. Archie has over 13 years of experience in home health, neuro, and elder-focused practice settings.

She is currently the Founding Director of AccessAble Living, a company whose mission is to adapt environments to fit the needs of older adults to keep them living safely in their homes in Missouri and Kansas.

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Sarah Lyon, OTR/L:

Sarah’s passion is helping fellow OT practitioners translate evidence into daily practice. Sarah earned her BA in religion from St. Olaf College, then earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from New York University in 2011. Since then, she’s worked in numerous facilities, including a critical access hospital, an acute trauma hospital, and a state inpatient psychiatric hospital.

In 2011, Sarah launched OT Potential because she realized we needed a reliable source of quality occupational therapy-related content and resources. She has also had the opportunity to create content for brands like WebPT, MedBridge, Saebo, and NeuroLutions.

She launched the OT Potential Club in 2019 to marry her love of simplifying complex topics with her desire to help therapists access the most important OT-related research released each year.

Sarah is a prairie girl at heart, which is why she returned to her hometown to raise her children in Aurora, Nebraska (home of the strobe light).

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Good podcast that dovetailed very well with last week’s research article.
Thank you Dr. Brandi Archie for sharing your methods and other related information.
Sarah it’s very good that we are focusing on care giving as also care givers-formal and informal.
Let’s all get loud at talking about this and promoting it at every given opportunity. It’s a very imp aspect of a patient’s/person’s well being and too often taken for granted with detrimental results for the patient/client and also the CG and CG’s family.

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As a school based therapist this was interesting. I also think with children you must include caregivers, teachers and assistants to meet goals.

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First time listener and joined the club! So glad I did, as I can see these podcasts and information will be very helpful to my practicing at my best.

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Oh yay!!! I’m so glad you joined! Welcome!

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Very informative. Thank you for so much useful info for caregivers as well

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I enjoyed this podcast episode.

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I’m glad you liked this! Caregiver involvement comes up a lot in the research, and I always think back to this conversation with Brandy!

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So glad this was a helpful conversation for you @chyna! I think caregiver involvement is so important for many diagnoses!

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So true! A LONG time ago I worked in pediatrics and while working with the kids was fun the real transformative, carryover work really comes from working with the parents as caregivers.

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Very grateful for OT Potential for providing this podcast.

Very helpful! Caregivers to dementia family member is not an easy task. Going to suggest the environmental modifications to husband/caregiver.

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So glad to hear that!

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Going back through the list of older podcasts today. Glad I stumbled on this one. I like the insights on how to make caring for caregivers part of our practice always!!!

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Informative, thank you.

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So glad! Thanks for listening!

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Hello! What resources for assessments (formal or used informally), would you recommend for seniors whose goal is to age in place.
Would you use? I was thinking 1. FIM. kk

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AARP’s Home Fit Guide is one of my favorites because it is really comprehensive and designed to be used by the person or the family. Its free to download here!

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Thank you very much. I listened to your pod cast again and realized…you had included many references. : ).

Going to listen again.

Kkober