In this new edition, the readibility has been enhanced with streamlined text, added subheadings, introductions, and conclusions to each chapter. The special needs of the elderly in all health care settings is the unifying element of this book. It emphasizes a balance of theory, clinical application of knowledge, and clinical skills in caring for the older adult population, and focuses on the practical components for their comprehensive rehabilitation. This book addresses and incorporates aspects of prevention, fitness, and wellness into the rehabilitative model of care for elders with and without pathological conditions.

Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Clinical Approach

Medical Books

Lewis, Carole Bernstein

Bottomley, Jennifer M., Ph.D.

Allied Health Professions

Pearson

Textbook for practitioners and students working in the field of geriatric rehabilitation covers topics directly or indirectly applicable to clinical practice. The 2nd edition (1st was 1985) has expanded coverage of health promotion and disease prevention as well as new chapters on nutrition and marketing. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Aging: The Health Care Challenge : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessment and Rehabilitative Management of the Elderly

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

F.A. Davis Co.

This is a concise comprehensive guidebook for all allied health profes sionals who help older patients improve their mobility skills. Filled with illustrations and diagrams, this easy-to-use manual offers treatm ent techniques for a wide range of mobility issues, from total depende nce to community independence.

Improving Mobility in Older Persons: A Manual for Geriatric Specialists (Aspen Series in Physical Therapy)

Medicine

ASPEN PUB.

Published by Aspen Publishers Inc. in 1990. This book takes a step by step approach to exercise and health promotion in older adults.

Health Promotion and Exercise for Older Adults: An Instructor's Guide

Campanelli, Linda C.

This book provides exercises for a customized rehabilitation program in the areas of range of motion, progressive strengthening, stretching, and self-mobilization. This 3-ring binder is filled with 515 pages of exercise workout sheets that can be removed, photocopied, and given to the patient for future home use. Each page contains a description and representative diagram of a specific exercise, short-term and long-term goals, and room for entering special instructions and comments.

Exercise Handouts for Rehabilitation

McNerney, Therese

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Provides the advanced applied science of normal and pathological aging, clinical problems, implications for therapeutic interventions, and considerations specific to the elderly.

Geriatric Physical Therapy: A Clinical Approach

PRENTICE/HALL

Pro.ed

This is a concise comprehensive guidebook for all allied health profes sionals who help older patients improve their mobility skills. Filled with illustrations and diagrams, this easy-to-use manual offers treatm ent techniques for a wide range of mobility issues, from total depende nce to community independence.

Improving Mobility in Older Persons: A Manual for Geriatric Specialists

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Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Clinical Approach

Aging: The Health Care Challenge : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessment and Rehabilitative Management of the Elderly

Improving Mobility in Older Persons: A Manual for Geriatric Specialists (Aspen Series in Physical Therapy)

Health Promotion and Exercise for Older Adults: An Instructor's Guide

Exercise Handouts for Rehabilitation

Geriatric Physical Therapy: A Clinical Approach

Health Promotion and Exercise for Older Adults: An Instructor's Guide

Improving Mobility in Older Persons: A Manual for Geriatric Specialists