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This valued resource for physical therapists provides a comprehensive overview of geriatric physical therapy for physical therapy students as well as practitioners. Thoroughly revised and updated, it provides the latest information on geriatric health care, such as managed care/Medicare/Medicaid, reimbursement issues, conservative pain management techniques, pharmacology, and new material on home care, osteoarthritis, nutrition, and family issues. It includes five new chapters: Ventilation and Respiratory Dysfunction in the Older Adult, Strength Training in the Elderly, Functional Training in the Community, Incontinence, and Prosthetics.
Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER 1 Implications of an Aging Population for Rehabilitation: Demography, Mortality, and Morbidity in the Elderly
- CHAPTER 2 Communication, Values, and the Quality of Life
- CHAPTER 3 Physiological Changes Associated with Aging
- CHAPTER 4 Arthrokinesiologic Considerations in the Aged Adult
- CHAPTER 5 Sensorimotor Changes and Adaptation in the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 6 Health Status: A Conceptual Framework and Terminology for Examination, Evaluation, and Diagnosis
- CHAPTER 7 Functional Assessment of the Elderly
- CHAPTER 8 Environmental Design: Accommodating Sensory Changes in the Elderly
- CHAPTER 9 Cognitive Impairment
- CHAPTER 10 Depression and Function in the Elderly
- CHAPTER 11 Clinical Evaluation of the Medical Patient
- CHAPTER 12 Geriatric Pharmacology
- CHAPTER 13 Functional Training
- CHAPTER 14 Impaired Ventilation and Respiration in the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 15 Endurance Training of the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 16 Muscle Fatigue and Impaired Muscle Endurance in Older Adults
- CHAPTER 17 Posture in the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 18 Balance and Falls in the Elderly: Issues in Evaluation and Treatment
- CHAPTER 19 Ambulation: A Framework of Practice Applied to a Functional Outcome
- CHAPTER 20 Lower Extremity Orthotics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- CHAPTER 21 Lower Limb Prosthetic Requirements in the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 22 Urinary Incontinence and Impairment of the Pelvic Floor in the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 23 Conservative Pain Management for the Older Patient
- CHAPTER 24 Chronic Dermal Wounds in Older Adults
- CHAPTER 25 Patient Education as an Intervention with the Older Adult
- CHAPTER 26 Reimbursement Issues in Geriatric Physical Therapy
- CHAPTER 27 Ethical and Legal Issues in Geriatric Physical Therapy
- CHAPTER 28 The Frail and Institutionalized Elder
- CHAPTER 29 The Well Elderly
- CHAPTER 30 The Older Athlete
- CHAPTER 31 Older Persons with Developmental Disabilities
- Glossary
