Physiotherapy Practice in Residential Aged Care

✍ Scribed by Jennifer C. Nitz, Susan R. Hourigan BPhty(Hons) BScApp(HMS - Exman)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 375
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the numbers of entrants to residential aged care facilities steadily growing, there is a need for a clearly written, portable guide to the wide range of knowledge and treatment skills unique to the physical therapist in this challenging setting. This new resource looks at the physiological changes accompanying the aging process as well as the physical therapist's role in assessment, preventing residents' injuries, and promoting quality of life. Major presenting problems relating to being immobile, barely mobile, or ambulatory are examined. Information and strategies to assist with residents suffering from pain, osteoporosis, incontinence, or disorders requiring palliation are also covered. In addition, there is a special chapter on aquatic physical therapy in response to the increasing use of pools in aged care facilities. This new book is an outstanding reference for practicing physical therapists, students, and those who care for older adults in their own homes.Focus on physical therapy in residential aged care, with coverage of all relevant topicsClearly organized, up to date, and easy to readBoxed key points, summaries, artwork, photos, and drawings throughout

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contributors......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
Physiological changes with age......Page 7
The physiotherapist’s contribution to resident assessment......Page 32
Resident injuries......Page 49
Life satisfaction......Page 71
The complexity of the immobile or barely mobile resident......Page 84
Managing problems encountered in immobile or barely mobile residents......Page 95
What about beds and chairs?......Page 121
The profile of the mobile resident and how to protect such residents from falls......Page 137
A theoretical framework for the assessment and treatment of balance and mobility deficits in the elderly......Page 150
Retraining balance using task-focused workstations......Page 185
Exercise prescription in residential aged care facilities......Page 203
Osteoporosis......Page 233
Aquatic physiotherapy for residents in aged care facilities......Page 245
Physiotherapy for pelvic floor dysfunction in the aged care setting......Page 268
Pain in the elderly......Page 298
Physiotherapy in palliative care......Page 323
Appendix 1 - Case studies......Page 339
Appendix 2 - Outcome measures......Page 343
Appendix 3 - Suggestions for successful case conferences......Page 347
Appendix 4 - Electrotherapy considerations in aged care practice (EPAs — electrophysical agents)......Page 349
Appendix 5 - Mobility aids......Page 356
Index......Page 362