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Today’s show is a part 2 continuation from last week’s. Please listen to episode 127 for context before diving into this one. On today’s show Claire shares the details of her recent number crunching session that gave her the insights of what it costs to keep Rogue running and sustainable. We believe in transparency with our teams and also believe business owners should know their numbers in order to make the most informed decisions. Claire shares key financials from Rogue, giving our listeners a taste of the discussion the team is getting. We aim to normalize discussion about money in the therapy community so we can all feel more empowered and less awkward about it.

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On today’s show we’re going to talk about the importance of transparency with your team and why it matters. Have you ever worked somewhere and felt like a cog in a wheel where you didn’t fully understand how everything added up? Where you heard things like “therapy doesn’t bring in any money” or “we’re struggling” but you don’t know what’s being done about it or what it actually looks like? Do you understand how much it costs the company to deliver an hour of therapy? 

There’s a constructive way to keep your team informed and a destructive way. Tune in to hear how to make sure your conversations keep everyone motivated toward the shared vision of the company and don’t make your team members feel scared or over burdened.

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Community presentations are a great opportunity to showcase what you know and what your expertise can do for people, but do you feel like no one is really engaged? Are folks attending and taking in the information but not actually making the changes you suggested in their lives? Do you feel like there is so much potential if only people knew just a little bit more about what to do? 

If you’re only delivering information you’re missing the point. People need MORE than information in order to improve their lives. Today we share how to really tap into a person’s motivation and deliver an effective message so your audience is inspired into action.

8 Key Elements for Creating Presentations That Do More Than Educate 

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Falls are a frequent complication for people with neurological disorders and some may want to modify their home to allow it to work best for them as they age. Today we’re going to discuss things to consider when balance and falls are a concern. We’ll be sharing a resource for making home modifications that will work for the long term.

Home modifications Aging-In-Place Remodeling Checklist

Sign up for our free webinar on balance here: https://www.neurocollaborative.com/balance-webinar

There is a lack of diversity in research, lack of programs to reach diverse populations, and lack of representation of staff to help clients who look like that. We’ve wanted to work on this for a while and now that Claire has a Latino staff member at Rogue who speaks Spanish, she’s beginning more outreach to PWP who speak Spanish too! In this episode we talk about what she’s putting in place for that to be successful.

We’d love to hear the programs you’re offering to underserved populations and how you’re doing it. Send us an email at [email protected]

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Ever worked with a client with PD who had low blood pressure?  Maybe they showed up with BP that surprised you. Maybe they felt symptoms and maybe they didn’t. Often their medical team has trouble managing their blood pressure because it can be affected by so many things and is a moving target. In today’s show we share a case example as well as tangible steps and strategies for managing low BP in your clients with PD so they stop getting passed off from provider to provider to solve it.

Top strategies from a talk by Horacio Kaufmann, MD from World Parkinson Congress 2016:

• Have your client drink 500 ml / 16.9 oz of water in the moment (add electrolytes if applicable)
• Put an abdominal binder low and tight on their abdomen
• Exercise: try boxing, upper extremity exercise with light weights or resistance bands, arm bike, recumbent bike
• Once stabilized be sure to work with the client in multiple positions to help their body accommodate (use clinical judgment based on your client when or if this is appropriate)

PD meds articles from PFT meeting notes:

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0025-6196%2820%2930152-X

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0025-6196%2811%2965259-2

“Diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension” recent publication with Dr. Kaufmann https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35841911/

Abdominal binder option: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DLL0CS/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_FWAV1V9Z6EE8SV2CPK5A_0

Have your Neurologic specialty certification or NCS already? Maybe you’re up for renewal or you’re just thinking about getting it in the first place. Claire recently renewed and Erin is due next year, so in today’s show we discuss the renewal process, how to prepare for it, how to make sure you get what you need covered and what doing the MOSQ the process was like for Claire.  

Learn more about NCS recertification here: https://specialization.apta.org/maintain-certification/recertification

What would make the process better for you? Let us know! [email protected]

Have you ever wanted to present a poster at a conference? Have you worked with a client in a unique situation or created a unique way to work with a client and think other clinicians could benefit from hearing about it? Why aren’t there more clinicians submitting posters at conferences when they have so much to contribute to advancing clinical practice? 

There are a number of perceived barriers to submitting abstracts that could be presented as posters, but we’re here to tell you that you have important things to share and you should be presenting them! Creating an abstract does not have to be a barrier to you building your resume, renewing your NCS, promoting your facility, becoming a mentor and more. Learn more in our conversation now!

Join us for a free webinar on creating abstracts: https://www.neurocollaborative.com/abstract

The Parkinson’s Foundation (PF) has created a Hospital Care Initiative to ensure that people with PD have improved stays at the hospital when they need to go and the best practices occur. We share the stats, resources, checklists, and information that the PF has gathered to help people with Parkinsons, their family members, and their healthcare providers. Check out the resources in the link below:

https://www.parkinson.org/expert-care/professional-education/hospital-care-initiative

Clinical Recommendations for Hospital Care of People with Parkinson’s (includes a medication chart and other resourceful info): https://secure3.convio.net/prkorg/site/DocServer/Clincial_Recommendations.pdf?_ga=2.172708643.1291904141.1658971735-274626827.1637725396

Clinical Checklists (ED, Admission, Perioperative, Discharge: ​​https://secure3.convio.net/prkorg/site/DocServer/Clinical_Checklists.pdf?_ga=2.182672294.1291904141.1658971735-274626827.1637725396

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In the show today we talk all about overground training and obstacle course training! This episode was inspired by a recent NeuroSpark call taught by Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who presented a lecture on this topic. She presented compelling research around why as well as concrete ideas for how to incorporate more of this training in your practice. We discuss real examples and situations that will spark ideas for you!

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Email us at [email protected] to let us know if you also received a grant and how you’ll be using it!

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