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Please join us for the meeting of the West Valley Coalition on Aging. Come join our group designed to inform, educate, network and just plain have fun! We want to combine the power of our knowledge of the industry to help become a valuable resource for the aging population.
Don't forget to mark it on your calendar and come join us every second Thursday of the month from 9:30 AM to 11:15 AM at:
Glencroft Center for Modern Aging
Glencroft provides a complimentary breakfast
Please RSVP by responding to kbaker@glencroft.com
Our presentation this month:
"Aquatic Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease- A New Beginning in Research"
Presented By:
Stacy Lynch, PTA, CLT, LSVT BIG Certified, CPT, Aq, GAq, AFO
Organizing Chair- 5th International Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic Therapy
Stacy is the founder and owner of Inertia Therapy Services, where he hopes to help make a difference in the healthcare industry in America. He is the U.S. organizer for the Association of International Aquatic Therapy Faculty. Stacy was integral to the first published case review on Aquatic Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease, and co-wrote the first published case review on Aquatic Therapy and End-Stage Dementia. He is an international keynote speaker as well as for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). He has been a guest on several podcasts and webinars
Stacy currently works full-time as an aquatic therapist at Oakeson Physical Therapy in Peoria, AZ. He continues to work with the development of Aquatic Programs for Residents with Dementia in the Long-Term Care Community.
PRESENTATION SUMMATION:
This is a presentation covering the first case study ever published on Aquatic Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease, including video footage of the patient response, as well as staff and family testimonials of the remarkable response of an 89 year-old end-stage non-responsive Alzheimer's patient throughout 6 weeks of aquatic therapy. He was initially scoring the equivalent to a 0/30 on the MMSE, with a score as high as an 8/30 during the effects of immersion. The patient according to staff and family reports, "came alive, and spoke in sentences and actually joked with staff following his treatments."
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