Geriatric Rehabilitation Manual

This new resource is a concise, comprehensive clinical manual for health care practitioners who evaluate and treat older patients. When faced with a specific problem or diagnosis, this user-friendly reference gives readers fast access to basic informationregarding the definition, incidence, related conditions, tests and related diagnoses, clinical relevance, and therapeutic intervention of the condition or problem.

Presents a broad overview of aging in a section on Physiological Considerations.

Covers a wide range of topics that specifically deal with age-related patho-kinesiological changes in neuromuscular system.

Features discussions of cardiopulmonary conditions, including pathology, important guidelines for exercise, and reviews of medical-surgical findings.

Provides the latest information on new evaluation and treatment skills.

Includes additional topics, such as wellness and healthy aging, medicare, legal considerations, ethics, death and dying, the rehabilitation team, and more.