Main description:

Geriatric Rehabilitation addresses the fact that this is an age in which individuals have increasing longevity, better health care, education and expectations of health care which present new, increasing and even radical challenges to health care providers.

The care of our older patients in rehabilitation settings demands the broad understanding of the key differences in strategies to care for older adults. The combined skills embraced in rehabilitation and geriatrics are presenting unprecedented opportunities for both fields to make substantive and even ground-breaking improvements in the lives of millions of older adults who entrust their lives to us. Rarely in one's medical career are such opportunities so evident and achievable.

Geriatric Rehabilitation edited by Dr. K. Rao Poduri, MD. FAAPMR draws on a distinguished group of authors who are the front-line providers of care to the older adults. This book presents the full spectrum of the unique care needs of older patients who need the combined skills of physical medicine and geriatrics. It provides an easily accessible means of acquiring and improving these new skills for all those involved in geriatric care.

Contents:

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 Silvia Soerensen

Chapter 17 Arthritis and Common Musculoskeletal Conditions

Jennifer H. Paul, Katarzyna Iwan, and Claudia Ramirez

Chapter 18 Osteoporosis and Exercise in the Older Adult

Roger P. Rossi, Talya K. Fleming, Krishna J. Urs, and Sara J. Cuccurullo

Chapter 19 Diabetes in Older Adults and Its Management

Susanne U. Miedlich and Steven D. Wittlin

Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Disease

Matthew Dounel and K. Rao Poduri

Chapter 21 Pulmonary Disease in the Geriatric Population

Mary Anne M. Morgan

Chapter 22 Geriatric Strokes and Brain Injuries

Jean L. Nickels and Maya Modzelewska

Chapter 23 Cancer Rehabilitation

Susan Maltser and B. Allyn Behling-Rosa

Chapter 24 Spinal Cord Injury in Older Adults

Philippines G. Cabahug, Albert C. Recio, and Jeffrey B. Palmer

Chapter 25 Parkinson's Disease and Rehabilitation

Rachel A. Biemiller and Irene Hegeman Richard

Chapter 26 Aging and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Kathleen M. Bishop

Section IV Health Maintenance, Caregiving, and Postacute Rehabilitation: Bedside to Curbside

Chapter 27 Inpatient Rehabilitation: Acute, Subacute, and in Community Settings

Deepthi S. Saxena

Chapter 28 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Older Adults

B. Allyn Behling-Rosa

Chapter 29 Assistive Technology for Older Adults

Marcia J. Scherer

Chapter 30 Ethical Issues in Older Adults

Richard A. Demme, Bernard Sussman, and Margie Hodges Shaw

Chapter 31 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Rashmi Khadilkar, Hilary Yehling, and Timothy E. Quill

Chapter 32 Economics of Geriatric Rehabilitation

K. Rao Poduri

Chapter 33 Aging Gracefully: A Global Perspective

Brian Tucker and K. Rao Poduri

Index