Positive Behaviour Support Practices in Community Aged Care for OTs

About this event

Supporting older adults and carers experiencing behaviours of concern can be challenging, particularly in home and community aged care settings where risks, rights, capacity, family dynamics, and service limitations often intersect.

Many clinicians understand the theory of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), but struggle with how to apply it in real-world situations where information is incomplete, time is limited, and there is no behaviour support practitioner available to lead the process.

This practical webinar bridges the gap between theory and practice.

This session will be focused on unpacking case scenarios, to help you learn how to apply a PBS-informed framework to better understand behaviour, identify unmet needs, reduce risk, and develop more effective support strategies that improve quality of life.

Rather than focusing on restrictive practices or compliance alone, this session explores how Occupational Therapists and other aged care professionals can use clinical reasoning to understand the function…