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.
"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"
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.
