Home Rehabilitation

Wendy K. Anemaet, MS, PT, ATC, GCS, received her Master's degree from the university of Southern California. She is a full time home therapist with special experience as a contractor and staff therapist in both the Medicare and private insurance sectors.

Michelle E. Moffa-Trotter, BS, PT, GCS, is an Honors Scholar Graduate of the University of Connecticut Physical Therapy Program. She is a full time home care therapist working exclusively with geriatric patients.

Both Women implement aggressively innovative treatment approaches with their home care patients to maximize patient potential and attain optimum functional outcomes. They have extensive experience with documentation, state and federal regulations, utilization management,clinical education, and program development and implementation. Ms Moffa-Trotter and Ms. Anemaet have lectured nationally on the topic of home care and have authored clinically oriented articles relevant to home health. Both serveon the editorial boards of Physical Therapy in Perspective and Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, and are editorial consultants for Advance publications. They have authored a practice-oriented text on home care called The User Friendly Home Care Handbook with a small press, Learning, Inc.

They have lectured to multi-disciplinary groups around the country for the past three years, and plan to continue their lectures for the next several years. Average annual attendance at their lectures, which is entitled "Home Care Reality: Effective Evaluation and Treatment" is approximately 500.

Introduction Section One: Fundamentals of Home Care Employment Options Therapy Schedule Maintenance Equipment List Infection Control Standards Infection Control Guidelines Personal Safety Guidelines Home Care Team Home Care Regulatory Bodies Home Care Ethical Situations Section Two: Pediatric Population Pediatric Environmental Evaluation Neonates Infant Toddler Child Section Three: Adult Population Adult Environmental Evaluation Adult Affective Evaluation Adult Daily Living Skills Evaluation Adult Mobility Evaluation Adult Fine Motor Evaluation Adult Neurological Evaluation Integument Evaluation Adult Cardiopulmonary Evaluation Section Four: Emergency Situations Warning Signs Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Procedures First Aid Section Five: Pharmacology Medication Classifications and Adverse Effects Medication Management Section Six: Appendices HIM-11 Coverage of Services Index