Geriatric Rehabilitation: From Bedside to Curbside

ISBN-13: 9780367868802 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 678 str.

K. Rao Poduri

Opis

This book uses an internationally recognized conceptual framework that addresses medical, functional, and social model perspectives to cover all major areas of geriatric rehabilitation. It provides a broad-based perspective on older adults, discusses how age influences everyday life, and examines strategies that can be employed by rehabilitation

Spis treści

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Editor

Contributors

Geriatric Rehabilitation: Introduction

 

Section I Basics of Aging

Chapter 1 Demographics, Biology, and Physiology

K. Rao Poduri

Chapter 2 Geriatric Assessment and the Physical Examination of the Older Adult

Bilal Ahmed and Yvonne J. Braver

Chapter 3 Psychosocial Assessment

Jennifer Anne Fleeman

Chapter 4 Functional Assessment and Measures

Deepthi S. Saxena

Chapter 5 Pharmacology in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Kristin Meyer, Tina Thornhill, and Lindsey Garner

Chapter 6 Exercise in the Older Adult

Susan Garstang

Section II Geriatric Syndromes

Chapter 7 Frailty

Egan Allen

Chapter 8 Delirium

Corey Romesser

Chapter 9 Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults

Nicole Strong, Sara Z. Salim, Jean L. Nickels, and K. Rao Poduri

Chapter 10 Falls and Gait Impairment

Kristen Thornton and Thomas V. Caprio

Chapter 11 Pressure Ulcers in Older Adults

Huma Naqvi

Chapter 12 Pain and Its Management in Older Adults

Annie Philip, Diya Goorah, and Rajbala Thakur

Chapter 13 Polypharmacy and Rational Prescribing: Finding the "Golden Mean" for the "Silver Tsunami"

Mikhail Zhukalin, Christopher J. Williams, Michael Reed, and Dale C. Strasser

Chapter 14 Sleep Disorders in Older Adults

Armando Miciano and David Berbrayer

Section III Systemic Disorders in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Chapter 15 Dysphagia in Older Adults and Its Management

Sandhya Seshadri

Chapter 16 Vision Impairment and Its Management in Older Adults

Rajeev S. Ramchandran, Holly B. Hindman, and Si

O autorze

K. Rao. Poduri, M.D.,FAAPMR is Professor and Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, in Rochester, NY.