Aging with a Spinal Cord Injury (NA2100_O)
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Credit Hours: 6
Course Format
This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.
Course Overview
Course Objectives
- Describe the bodily changes in aging and how they affect those with an SCI.
- List the benefits and burdens of both power and regular wheelchairs and the importance of the type of wheelchair needed.
- Discuss how the ADA protects those with an SCI.
- List several workplace accommodations that are approved for people with an SCI.
- Detail what programs are available for veterans with an SCI and new research on an SCI including COVID-19 effects on those with spinal cord injury.
Course Outline
- Overview and introduction to spinal cord injury
- Aging with an SCI
- Mobility and choices
- Employment and accommodations for those with an SCI
- Veterans and an SCI, including new research by the VA for those with spinal cord injury
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