Legacy Lounge

Join us in the Lounge this week as meet with Rose Carter (Credentialing Specialist) and Kathy Woodell (Billing Specialist) to discuss the processes of credentialing and billing within our organization. You might just hear a few tips along the way!

This week's episode is all about speech-language pathology in celebration of better speech and hearing month! Join our host, Ann Irwin, and Christina Buchanan (SLP) as they discuss some tips and tips in the world of speech therapy. 

Join us in the Lounge this week as we talk all things digital badging: what it is, why it's important, and what it means to hold one of these credentials. Our guests, Alyssa Ford (co-founder of Legacy's digital badging program, DHS, OTR, ARCS) and Cathy Atkins (PTA, TSC) discuss the impact digital badging has had on their professional career. 

In this episode, our host and Kalli Simons (COTA, Tier II CPL for Continence Management) discuss how to build relationships in independent and assisted living facilities. You'll hear examples of why it is important to build a relationship with the residents, not their diagnoses. 

In this episode, two of our PTAs—Becky Schrage and Samantha Steele—discuss how they incorporate retro walking into their treatments. This technique is effective in improving people’s confidence maneuvering in small spaces and helps them keep moving forward safely!

In this episode, dementia experts Lacey McDonald and Caroline Copeland explore how understanding Claudia Allen’s cognitive levels can contribute to performance success for people with dementia. You’ll hear clear examples of how function can be maximized at each level through the use of appropriate assistance and cueing. When the right approach is used clients and caregivers alike can experience the unmasking of abilities hidden by environmental and communication obstacles.

In this episode, Ann Irwin (M.S., CCC-SL, VP Clinical Programming & Development) and Carter Sonstein (OTR, Area Rehabilitation Clinical Specialist) evaluate how to provide adaptive eating education to your facilities core staff, caregivers, and family members. They discuss how it is also a great way to stay involved with a community, ensure continuity of care, and grow caseload.

Step into Legacy Lounge, a new podcast that features clinical conversations among your peers in outpatient geriatric physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. The lounge opens to the public every Thursday starting April 11th. See you in the lounge!