On this webinar, licensed lymphedema therapists Kris Nesheim and Karen Ashforth provide inside suggestions and secrets and techniques on methods to ship high quality lymphedema care in a house setting. You’ll achieve an appreciation for the liberty and creativity of this space of observe, both as a contract skilled or working as part of an company.
About our Audio system
Kris Nesheim, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, holds a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Remedy from the College of Florida. Kris labored in a wide range of settings and she or he obtained her lymphedema certification from the Norton Faculty of Lymphatic Remedy in 2008. Kris began her lymphedema profession as an outpatient on the Elliot Well being System in Manchester, NH. When it turned evident that a number of sufferers couldn’t make it into the clinic for remedies, she transitioned into offering lymphedema providers full-time within the residence well being setting.
Kris at the moment works for the Granite VNA, the biggest residence well being company in New Hampshire. She additionally leads a lymphedema work group for residence well being therapists by the NH Residence Care Affiliation, to permit for collaboration and training amongst residence well being therapists. Kris additionally facilitates the Residence Care medical focus group for the Nationwide Lymphedema Community.
In 2021, Kris joined the Norton Faculty of Lymphatic Remedy as an affiliate teacher.
Karen Ashforth, MS, OTR, CLT-LANA, has practiced as an occupational therapist for over 40 years. Specializing as a board-certified hand therapist led to her curiosity and specialization in treating lymphedema and fibrosis 20 years in the past.
Karen’s passions in lymphedema observe are gear innovation and growth, therapy of underlying fibrosis and irritation, and evaluation of complicated and troublesome instances. She is taken into account an knowledgeable within the medical use of pneumatic compression and has participated within the growth of quite a few units and home equipment. She has outpatient lymphedema practices at St. Joseph’s Medical Heart in Stockton, California, and Dominican Rehabilitation in Santa Cruz, California, in addition to a non-public telehealth and consulting observe.
Karen speaks incessantly in tutorial, medical, {and professional} settings and performs medical analysis that she presents and publishes nationally and internationally. She can also be an adjunct school member with the College of the Pacific within the Doctoral Bodily Remedy Program.
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