1st Edition

Geriatric Rehabilitation From Bedside to Curbside

Edited By K. Rao Poduri Copyright 2017
    712 Pages
    by CRC Press

    712 Pages
    by CRC Press



    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

    Biography

    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.