Maestro on the Mic

If you're only able to lift 5 pounds, suddenly, things like doing your laundry become extremely taxing, and quite frankly, dangerous.

In this episode I chat with GEROS Health founder, Dustin Jones, and business partner, Christina Prevett, all about their experiences treating the advanced-age population, and take a deep dive into the resources that they've created to educate other practitioners and truly help elevate the level of care being provided for older adults.

In This Episode You'll Hear:

• The birth story of GEROS Health
• Dustin Jones background story
• Christina’s background
• How Christina markets to the older adult population
• The transition into the nursing home setting
• Dustin’s infamous home health horror story
• Suggestions for managing expectations and getting buy-in with the older adult population
• Exercise selection and modification for the older adult population
• Christina’s PhD – Challenging the idea that you cannot load medically complex individuals
• Defining the concept of frailty
• Push back that they have received questioning safety
• One rep max living
• Course description – Modern Management of the Older Adult
• How Dustin and Christina got into continuing education
• Their podcast
• Dustin’s speaks about the Geriatric Clinical Specialist exam
• Recommendations on how to improve your skill-set for working with the geriatric population

Links & Resources for This Episode

Check out their online course: Modern Management of the Older Adult – by ICE
Check out their courses and website: geroshealth.com
Follow them on Instagram at @geroshealth
Follow Christina on Instagram @christina_prevett
Follow Christina's company, Stave Off, on Instagram @staveoff
Follow Dr. Sammy Black Socks on Instagram @samhodous_physio
Check out the PT on ICE daily show podcast
Check out the Geros Health Podcast
Check out the Foxcast PT Podcast