GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY MODULE 2 - PT

Course overview

This course utilizes text from the hardback textbook by Andrew A. Guccione, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA; Rita A. Wong EdD, PT; and Dale Aver, PT, DPT, Phd ¿Geriatric Physical Therapy¿ ¿2012. Geriatric Physical Therapy offers a comprehensive presentation of geriatric physical therapy science and practice. Thoroughly revised and updated, this text provides current information on aging-related changes in function, the impact of these changes on patient examination and evaluation, and intervention approaches that maximize optimal aging. Chapters emphasize evidence-based content that clinicians can use throughout the patient management process. ¿Geriatric Physical Therapy¿ is clinically accurate and relevant while at the same time exploring theory and rationale for evidence-based practice. Course Outline: Chapter 7: Environmental Design: Accommodating Sensory Changes in the Older Adult Chapter 8: Cognition in the Aging Adult Chapter 9: Evaluation of the Acute and Medically Complex Patient Chapter 10: Motivation and Patient Education: Implications for Physical Therapist Practice Chapter 11: Older Adults and Their Families