Cardiovascular Disease and Mobility: The Heart

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will be able to:

1. Identify four (4) heart disorders.
2. Identify four (4) Structures of the cardiovascular system.
3. Identify three (3) risk factors for cardiac disease.

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge about structure of the heart by passing a quiz with 85% or greater accuracy.

Deanna Hodges, OTR/L, ATP, Dementia Care Specialist

Deanna has been practicing occupational therapy for over 36 years. She currently works in acute care at Mayo Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to acute care, she worked for over 25 years in long term care, skilled nursing facilities and
short-term rehabilitation. She currently is a Dementia Care Specialist. She is an instructor and practitioner in the utilization of the assessment of cognitive skill levels and in the provision of treatment techniques to enable the patients and residents to perform at their best ability to function in activities of daily living. She has also been an Assistive Technology Professional since 2002, addressing challenging positioning situations in long term care, rehab and on an outpatient basis in a
facility-based wheelchair clinic. She also has conducted multiple local in-services on the