Organizations Filed Purposes:
BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT ADVANCES THE PROFESSION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TO OPTIMIZE THE EXPERIENCE OF AGING.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ACADEMY SHALL BE TO PROVIDE A MEANS BY WHICH ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN THE AREA OF GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY MAY MEET, CONFER, AND PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH IN THE FIELD OF GERIATRICS.
EDUCATION: THE APTA GERIATRICS IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EVIDENCE BASED CONTENT FOR COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PTS AND PTAS. IT OFFERS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS. DESCRIPTIONS BELOW: THE CERTIFIED EXERCISE EXPERT FOR AGING ADULTS (CEEAA) COURSE PROVIDES CLINICIANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CLINICAL REASONING SKILLS RELATED TO AGING ADULTS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY AND ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO TAKE AN ADVANCED CEEAA COURSE. THE ADVANCES IN EXERCISE FOR THE OLDER ADULT A PTA-FOCUS COURSE, WHERE PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT'S (PTA) LEARN TO USE EXERCISE AS AN ADVANCED REHABILITATION INTERVENTION FOR THE AGING ADULT. THE BALANCE & FALL PREVENTION PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL COURSE PROVIDES A NATIONAL, UNIFORM INDICATOR THAT A PHYSICAL THERAPIST POSSESSES SPECIALIZED, ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF BALANCE AND FALL PREVENTION IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER ADULTS.THE HOME STUDY MODULES ARE ONLINE, AT-YOUR-OWN-PACE MICRO-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THESE COURSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONTINUED EDUCATION CREDITS IN A VARIETY OF CONTENT AREAS OF VALUE TO PHYSICAL THERAPISTS. WEBINARS ARE ONLINE, AS LIVE INSTRUCTOR LEAD MICRO-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THESE COURSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONTINUED EDUCATION CREDITS IN A VARIETY OF CONTENT AREAS OF VALUE TO PHYSICAL THERAPISTS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: AS OF 10/31/2019, 836 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BECOME CREDENTIALED IN THE CEEAA COURSE SINCE INCEPTION, 93 OF WHICH WENT ON TO ALSO RECEIVE CREDENTIALS IN THE ADVANCED CEEAA COURSE. AS OF 2020, OVER 50 HOME STUDY MODULES HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED SINCE INCEPTION. IN 2019 ALONE, THERE WERE OVER 700 REGISTRATIONS FOR COURSE MODULES. AS OF 6/30/2020, THERE WERE 323 REGISTRATIONS IN 2020. IN 2019, THERE WERE 5 WEBINARS, OF WHICH HAD OVER 650 REGISTRANTS. IN 2020, 7 WEBINARS HAVE OR ARE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR. AS OF 10/21/2020, OF WHICH HAD OVER 1,200 REGISTRANTS, NEARLY DOUBLING THE YEAR PRIOR.
JOURNAL: THE JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY PUBLISHES 4-5 ISSUES ANNUALLY. IN 2020, THE IMPACT FACTOR OF JGPT INCREASED 48.7%, AND IS NOW #6 OF 68 JOURNALS IN THE REHAB CATEGORY AND #17 IN THE GERIATRICS/GERONTOLOGY CATEGORY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Tamara Gravano | DIRECTOR AT LARGE | 4 | $14,000 |
| Kenneth Miller | DIRECTOR AT LARGE | 4 | $8,820 |
| Greg Hartley | PRESIDENT | 4 | $8,500 |
| Susan Wenker | DIRECTOR AT LARGE | 4 | $4,000 |
| Ann Medley | SECRETARY | 4 | $2,400 |
| Karen Curran | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(THRU SEPTEMBER) | 20 | $0 |
| Christina Mccoy | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG OCTOBER) | 20 | $0 |
| Jackie Osborne | DIRECTOR AT LARGE | 1 | $0 |
| Ellen Strunk | DELEGATE | 1 | $0 |
| Katherine Brewer | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Cathy Ciolek | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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