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The proportion of elderly at any age without any chronic conditions is small, and disease can trigger a cascade of events resulting in functional deficits and disability. An increase in the number of activities with which an elder has difficulty increases linearly with comorbidity, that is, coexistent medical conditions that further complicate not only the genesis of a functional deficit but also its treatment. For example, rehabilitation for a stroke for an individual who also has painful, degenerative changes in the foot and a low tolerance for stressful activity secondary to angina with exertion would present a particular rehabilitation challenge. Yet, this example encapsulates geriatric rehabilitation specialist’s emphasis on care and function, not cure and disease. (more…)
The overarching goal of physical therapy rehabilitation is to return the individual to as close to the premorbid level of funct ...
There are numerous basic Activities of Daily Living instruments that seek to quantify basic physical functions and obtain a numeric ...
Beneficiaries of the Medicare program have three rehabilitation-related benefits established by federal statute: physical thera ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
There are a number of issues that must be considered in geriatric pain assessment. The major issues that merit attention are pr ...
The overarching goal of physical therapy rehabilitation is to return the individual to as close to the premorbid level of function as possible or, alternatively, to maximize a person’s current potential for function and maintain it as long as possible. This goal is achieved by promoting changes in the individual, by altering his or her physical health elderly or social environments, or by implementing a combination of both strategies. (more…)
The proportion of elderly at any age without any chronic conditions is small, and disease can trigger a cascade of events res ...
Beneficiaries of the Medicare program have three rehabilitation-related benefits established by federal statute: physical thera ...
There are numerous basic Activities of Daily Living instruments that seek to quantify basic physical functions and obtain a numeric ...
Older Person Care
• Older persons should benefit from family and community based care and protection in accordance with e ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affect ...
There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many older people in good health condition have the increase of physical problems that affect them and their businesses. Although these disorders are more common with age, including Alzheimer, dementia, arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, depression, kidneys problem; lung disease, cancer and men’s prostate disease. (more…)
It is estimated that about 6 million Americans over 65 suffer from depression in late life. The sad reality is that 10% are loo ...
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly. While the incidence in community-dwelling older adults is n ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affect ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psyc ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Some researches on relation between exercise and body human health results indicate that in addition to increasing muscle capacity, physical activity can help improve strength, balance, joint mobility, flexibility, agility, the speed with which one walks and physical coordination as a whole. In addition, physical activity has effects favorably on metabolism, blood pressure regulation, and prevention of an excessive increase in weight. (more…)
Osteoporosis is disease affecting the bones, making them fragile and prone to fracture. Osteoporosis is defined as a systemic s ...
As a normal ageing process, as you grow older, you will lose muscle fiber. The composition between fats and muscles in your bod ...
Aerobic exercise is one form of exercise with low to moderate intensity which is done for a longer or a moderate duration. With ...
It has been proven over the years that strength training exercises have been used by athletes and sports enthusiasts to improve ...
With heart disease risk being the number one cause of death among older Americans, you should pay particular attention to known ...
It has been proven over the years that strength training exercises have been used by athletes and sports enthusiasts to improve their overall performance. This can hold true for anyone, regardless of their fitness level or age. Strength training can be a tremendous benefit to help improve overall health, wellness, strength, and build up your body to fight disease. (more…)
As a normal ageing process, as you grow older, you will lose muscle fiber. The composition between fats and muscles in your bod ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affect ...
The systemic benefits of exogenous Growth Hormone therapy in the healthy elderly remain unclear and controversial. Studies have ...
Some researches on relation between exercise and body human health results indicate that in addition to increasing muscle capac ...
If you are really serious about keeping yourself in healthy condition during your silver years, exercise! Everybody wants to li ...
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortality tendencies. In the U.S., nearly 50 million adults are smoking. Annually, smoking alone is responsibility for about 400,000 deaths.
As you probably know, anyone who ever try to give up smoking is facing some difficulties most of the time. (more…)
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
As we grow older, our dietary habits seem to become more deeply entrenched. As a consequence, deficiencies in the diet are perp ...
There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many ol ...
Cancer occurrence rates in a period of time for a given population is expressed in various ways. The incidence rate is a direct mea ...
With heart disease risk being the number one cause of death among older Americans, you should pay particular attention to known causes of heart disease. A healthy heart can continue to function as well at 70 as it did at 30. If your heart is not affected by disease, your resting heart rate remains the same throughout your life. The question, then, is what can you do to keep it healthy? Here are ten simple advices for maintaining a healthy heart. (more…)
Back pain is a real pain in your back! You want relief now but would like to try some natural home remedies before resorting to pre ...
Prevention is the best cure for back pain. If I had practice proper lifting techniques and /or the box I lifted had been proper ...
I've been noticing my body's growing inclination to slow down, how it's starting to get tougher to get off the couch, how it ta ...
Have you ever wanted to look younger than your current ages? Sure you have. Many of us still looking for the Fountain of Youth; ...
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, the major chronic disease killers—heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—are an extension of what people do, or not do, as they go about their daily lives. (more…)
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortalit ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. Rheumatoid Arthritis
is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmun ...
As a normal ageing process, as you grow older, you will lose muscle fiber. The composition between fats and muscles in your bod ...
Cancer occurrence rates in a period of time for a given population is expressed in various ways. The incidence rate is a direct mea ...
Parents are always conscious about their kid’s health related matter, thus they take children’s immunization as a serious issue ...
