Category:Older People/Geriatrics
Ageing is a complex process of changes to an individual's body, mind and ability to participate in everyday activities and roles. Lifespans are increasing and older adults are living with multiple co-morbidities.
Physiotherapists are well-placed to assist older adults in maintaining, and improving where possible, their physical and functional independence. There is much literature to suggest how physiotherapists can use exercise to improve strength and balance and address the significant concern of falls in this population. In treating the older adult, a physiotherapist must draw on all their knowledge of anatomy and physiology along with the three main domains of rehabilitation (neurological rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and cardiopulmonary). Working with older adults means working within a wider multidisciplinary team to achieve meaningful outcomes for older adults such as maintaining functional independence and living at home for as long as possible. This category contains all the articles in that relate to Older People and Geriatrics.
Subcategories
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
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Pages in category "Older People/Geriatrics"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 288 total.
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- Abbey Pain Scale
- ACE Inhibitors in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
- Acopia
- Active Cycle of Breathing Technique
- Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale
- ADLs
- Age and Exercise
- Age-related Changes in the Cardiovascular System
- Age-related Hyperkyphosis
- Ageing and the Brain
- Ageing and the Locomotor System
- Ageing and the Special Senses
- Ageing Effects on Motor Control
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amputations
- Amputee Case Study: 79 Year Old BKA Amputee at a Geriatric Rehabilitation Department in a Nursing Home
- Amputee Case Study: An Elderly Man in Semi-rural South Africa
- Amputee Case Study: An Unexpected Amputation and the Challenges Faced by an Older Adult
- Amputee Case Study: Older Diabetic Amputee With Slow Healing
- Amputee Case Study: Presentation on Geriatric Transtibial Amputee
- Anemia
- Ankle Osteoarthritis
- Anticipatory Adjustments: Balance Intervention Strategies
- Apoptosis
- Assistive Devices
- Auditory Rhythmic Stimulation for Gait Training
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- Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines
- Canes
- Cardiovascular Considerations in the Older Patient
- Cardiovascular Exercises For Elderly
- Carers Guide to Dementia
- Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory
- Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment
- Chronic Leg Ulcers
- Chronic Pain
- Clinical Frailty Scale
- Clinical Guidelines: Elderly Care
- Clinical Guidelines: Musculoskeletal / Orthopaedics
- Colles Fracture
- Community Ambulation of Stroke Individuals
- Community Balance and Mobility Scale
- Complexities of Pain Assessment
- Complications Post Amputation
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Concussion
- Coordination Exercises
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Creatine and Exercise
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- Effects of Ageing on Bone
- Effects of Ageing on Hand Function
- Effects of Ageing on Joints
- Effects of Exercise on Mild Alzheimer's Disease After the First Fall: A Case Study
- Elderly Mobility Scale
- Elderly Prosthetic Training - Amputee Case Study
- Electrolytes
- Emotional and Psychological Reactions to Amputation
- Epidemiology of Pain
- Exercise and Activity in Pain Management
- Eyesight in the Elderly
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- Falls
- Falls and Exercise
- Falls Diary
- Falls in the Amputee Population
- Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT): An Overview to Assist Understanding and Conduction
- Fatigue Severity Scale
- Fear of Falling
- Fear‐Avoidance Belief Questionnaire
- Femoral Fractures
- Femoroacetabular Impingement
- Fern: A Case of the Geriatric Amputee: Amputee Case Study
- Fever
- Figure of 8 Walk Test
- Five Times Sit to Stand Test
- Forward Head Posture
- Frail Elderly: The Physiotherapist's Role in Preventing Hospital Admission
- Free Radicals
- Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) Scale
- Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy
- Functional Gait Assessment
- Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
- Functional Reach Test (FRT)
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- Haloperidol (Haldol) in the Treatment of Psychosis
- Harris Hip Score
- Health-related Quality of Life Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Hearing in the Elderly
- Hemiplegic Shoulder Subluxation
- Hemorrhagic Stroke: Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Hernia
- Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain & Mobility Deficits
- Hip Precautions
- Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- Huntington Disease
- Hypernatremia
- Hypertension
- Hypocalcemia
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- Occiput to Wall Distance OWD
- Older People - An Introduction
- Older People - Consent and Confidentiality
- Older People - Health Promotion and Public Health
- Older People - Patterns of Illness, Physiological Changes and Multiple Pathology
- Older People with Amputations
- Muscle Function: Effects of Aging
- Oncology and Palliative Care
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
- Oswestry Disability Index
- Otago Exercise Programme
- Outcome Measures for Aged Hand Function
- Overview of Principles of Geriatrics Rehabilitation
- Oxford Hip Score
- Oxford Knee Score
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- Pain Assessment
- Pain Assessment for People Who Have Dementia
- Pain Medications
- Palliative Care Competence Framework for Physiotherapists
- Parkinson's
- Parkinson's - Anatomy, Pathology, Prognosis and Diagnosis
- Parkinson's - Clinical Presentation
- Parkinson's - Key Evidence and Resources
- Parkinson's - Physiotherapy Management and Interventions
- Parkinson's - Physiotherapy Referral and Assessment
- Partial Hip Replacement
- Partial Knee Replacement
- Pathology Leading to Amputation
- Pelvic Fractures
- Pelvic Fractures:Low Impact
- Perceptions about Ageing and Ageism
- Peripheral Edema
- Perturbation-Based Balance Training
- Pharmacological Management of Congestive Heart Failure