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.
Pages in category "Older People/Geriatrics"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 325 total.
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- Abbey Pain Scale
- ACE Inhibitors: Congestive Heart Failure
- Acopia
- Active Cycle of Breathing Technique
- Activities of Daily Living
- Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale
- Age and Exercise
- Age-related Hyperkyphosis
- Ageing and Changes in Other Systems
- Ageing and Disabilities
- Ageing and Genitourinary System
- Ageing and the Brain
- Ageing and the Cardiorespiratory System
- 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
- Anabolic Resistance
- Anaemia
- Ankle Osteoarthritis
- Anticipatory Adjustments: Balance Intervention Strategies
- Apoptosis
- Assessment and Management of Concussion
- Assistive Devices
- Atypical Presentation of Covid in the Elderly
- 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
- Cognitive Impairments
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Colles Fracture
- Community Ambulation of Stroke Individuals
- Community Balance and Mobility Scale
- Complexities of Pain Assessment
- Complications Post Amputation
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Congestive Heart Failure - Pharmacotherapy
- Considerations in Training Elderly People How to Use Electronic Assistive Devices
- 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
- Energy Conservation Techniques
- Epidemiology of Pain
- Exercise and Activity in Pain Management
- Eyesight in the Elderly
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- Falls
- Falls and Dementia
- Falls and Exercise
- Falls Diary
- Falls in the Amputee Population
- Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT)
- Fatigue Severity Scale
- Fear of Falling
- Fear‐Avoidance Belief Questionnaire
- Femoral Fractures
- Femoral Neck Hip Fracture
- 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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- Gait Deviations
- Gait Speed as an Objective Measure
- Gait Training in Stroke
- Geriatric Depression Scale
- Gait Re-education in Parkinson's
- Geriatrics Pain Measure
- Girdlestone resection arthroplasty
- Global Issues Around Physical Activity
- Grip Strength
- Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers
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- Haloperidol (Haldol) in the Treatment of Psychosis
- Harris Hip Score
- Hearing in the Elderly
- Hemiplegic Shoulder Subluxation
- Hemorrhagic Stroke: Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Hernia
- Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain & Mobility Deficits
- Hip Precautions
- HIV and Ageing
- Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- Huntington Disease
- Hypernatremia
- Hypertension
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypoglycemia
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- Macular Degeneration
- Massage
- Medication and Falls
- Medication and Older People
- Meniere's Disease
- Mental Health Outcome Measures for Physiotherapists in Clinical Practice
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome
- Moving and Handling
- Multidisciplinary Care in Pain Management
- Multimorbidity
- Multiple Limb Amputations
- Muscle Function and Protein
- Muscle Injuries: Regeneration Strategies
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- Occiput to Wall Distance OWD
- Old Age: Centenarian
- 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
- Osteosarcopenia
- Oswestry Disability Index
- Otago Exercise Programme