Geriatric Rehabilitation From Bedside to Curbside

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.

ForewordAcknowledgmentsEditorContributorsGeriatric Rehabilitation: IntroductionSection I Basics of AgingChapter 1 Demographics, Biology, and PhysiologyK. Rao PoduriChapter 2 Geriatric Assessment and the Physical Examination of the Older AdultBilal Ahmed and Yvonne J. BraverChapter 3 Psychosocial AssessmentJennifer Anne FleemanChapter 4 Functional Assessment and MeasuresDeepthi S. SaxenaChapter 5 Pharmacology in Geriatric RehabilitationKristin Meyer, Tina Thornhill, and Lindsey GarnerChapter 6 Exercise in the Older AdultSusan GarstangSection II Geriatric SyndromesChapter 7 FrailtyEgan AllenChapter 8 DeliriumCorey RomesserChapter 9 Urinary Incontinence in Older AdultsNicole Strong, Sara Z. Salim, Jean L. Nickels, and K. Rao PoduriChapter 10 Falls and Gait ImpairmentKristen Thornton and Thomas V. CaprioChapter 11 Pressure Ulcers in Older AdultsHuma NaqviChapter 12 Pain and Its Management in Older AdultsAnnie Philip, Diya Goorah, and Rajbala ThakurChapter 13 Polypharmacy and Rational Prescribing: Finding the "Golden Mean" for the "Silver Tsunami"Mikhail Zhukalin, Christopher J. Williams, Michael Reed, and Dale C. StrasserChapter 14 Sleep Disorders in Older AdultsArmando Miciano and David BerbrayerSection III Systemic Disorders in Geriatric RehabilitationChapter 15 Dysphagia in Older Adults and Its ManagementSandhya SeshadriChapter 16 Vision Impairment and Its Management in Older AdultsRajeev 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.