Geriatric Rehabilitation

From Bedside to Community
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-09210-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 824 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series

This new edition provides a comprehensive multi-disciplinary perspective to inform and guide geriatric rehabilitation efforts across hospitals, skilled nursing facility settings, and in the community. It addresses the rehabilitation needs, assessment, and functional aspects of the geriatric population along with pathology and pathophysiology.

Geriatric Rehabilitation: From Bedside to Community, Second Edition, 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 practitioners to enable older adults to fully engage in everyday life. The topics covered include demographics, biology, physiology of aging, physical examination of the older adults, and more. This second edition also includes additional topics of interest such as hazards of hospitalization in older adults, access to health care and benefit navigation, emergent technologies, age-friendly care for the older adults past, present, and future, and global challenges in rehabilitating older adults.

This book is intended for students, professionals, researchers, and academicians from disciplines involved in rehabilitation such as physiatrists, geriatricians, occupational and physical therapists, speech language pathologists, nurses, psychologists, neurologists, rehabilitation counselors, social workers, etc.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poduri, K. Rao

Scherer, Marcia

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Section I: Basics of Aging. 1. Demographics, Biology, and Physiology. 2. Geriatric Assessment and the Physical Examination of the Older Adult. 3. Functional Assessment, Measures, and Teamwork. 4. Integrative Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Assessment of the Older Adult. 5. Pharmacology in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 6. Exercise in the Older Adult. Section II: Geriatric Syndromes. 7. Delirium. 8. Frailty and Sarcopenia. 9. Falls and their Prevention in Older Adults. 10. Urinary Incontinence in Oder Adults. 11. Pain and Its Management in the Older Adults. 12. Geriatric Polypharmacy: A Functional Approach and Rational Prescribing in the Rehabilitation Setting. 13. Sleep Disorders in Older Adults. Section III: Systemic Disorders in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 14. Assessment and Management of Dysphagia in Older Adults. 15. Vision Impairment and its Management in Older Adults. 16. Arthritis and Common Musculoskeletal Disorders. 17. Osteoporosis and Exercise in the Older Adult. 18. Diabetes in Older Adults and Its Management. 19. Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults. 20. Pulmonary Disease in Geriatric Population. 21. Pulmonary Rehabilitation. 22. Geriatric Stroke and Brain Injuries. 23. Cancer Rehabilitation in Older Adults. 24. Spinal Cord Injury in Older Adults. 25. Depression, Dementia, and Social Isolation in Older Adults. 26. Parkinson’s Disease. 27. Aging and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. Section IV: Health Maintenance, Caregiving, In-Home and In Community. 28.  Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Older Adults. 29. Assistive Technology for Older Adults. 30. Ethical Issues in the Care of Older Adults. 31. Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues. 32. Healthcare Access and Benefit Navigation. 33. Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults: Past, Present, and Future. 34. Population Characteristics and Global Economics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 35. Aging Gracefully: A Global Perspective.

Über Autor(innen)

K. Rao Poduri is Chair Emerita of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of PMR and Neurology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She is also a Professor of PM&R at University of Central Florida, UCF/HCA Graduate Medical Education Consortium. Dr. Poduri has experience in the treatment of amputations, chronic pain, geriatrics, spinal cord injury and stroke. She is a patient advocate.

Marcia J. Scherer is founding President of the Institute for Matching Person and Technology. She is also Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology and Co-Editor of the book series, Rehabilitation Science in Practice, both published by CRC Press. Dr. Scherer developed the Matching Person and Technology model and assessments from her NSF grant-supported dissertation research, and they are used globally to guide technology selection and outcomes measurement.