Occupational Therapy with Older Adults: Strategies for the OTA

ISBN-13: 9780323824101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str.

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SECTION 1

CONCEPTS OF AGING

1

AGING TRENDS AND CONCEPTS

2

BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL THEORIES OF AGING

3

THE AGING PROCESS

4

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AGING

5

AGING WELL: HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION

6

THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC POLICY FOR ELDERS

SECTION 2

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTION WITH ELDERS

7

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE MODELS

8

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEST PRACTICE IN VARIOUS SETTINGS

9

CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE AGING POPULATION

10

ETHICAL ASPECTS IN THE WORK WITH ELDERS

11

WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS OF ELDERS

12

ADDRESSING SEXUAL ACTIVITY OF ELDERS

13

USE OF MEDICATIONS BY ELDERS

14

CONSIDERATIONS OF MOBILITY

15

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE VISION IMPAIRMENTS

16

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

17

STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN CONTINENCE IN ELDERS

18

DYSPHAGIA AND OTHER EATING AND NUTRITIONAL CONCERNS WITH ELDERS

19

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVEHAD CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS

20

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

21

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS

22

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS

23

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS

24

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE PULMONARY CONDITIONS

25

WORKING WITH ELDERS WHO HAVE ONCOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

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