Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card): Promoting Quality of Life through Collaborative Practice

ISBN-10
0323878946
ISBN-13
9780323878944
Category
Medical
Language
English
Published
2023-11
Authors
Margaret Perkinson, Karen Frank Barney

Description

Approx. 536 pages UNIQUE! Intraprofessional and interprofessional approach to intervention emphasizes working holistically and collaboratively in serving older adults. UNIQUE! Chapter on the wide range of physiological, musculoskeletal, and neurological changes among the aging patient population highlights related occupational performance issues. Case examples help you learn to apply new information to actual client and community situations. Chapter on evidence-based practice discusses how to incorporate evidence into clinical or community settings. Questions at the end of each chapter can be used for discussion or other learning applications. UNIQUE! Chapters on nutrition, food insecurity, and oral health explore related challenges faced by older adults. Chapter on ethics provides a deeper understanding of how to address challenging ethical dilemmas. NEW! Chapters address the key topics of Aging Disgracefully: Perspectives on Disability Experience and Activism from Disability Studies and Anthropology; Humanities and the Arts in Later Life; The Role of Occupational Therapy in Primary Care; and Creating Age-Inclusive Communities. NEW! eBook version is included with print purchase that allows access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. NEW and UPDATED! Content explores diversity and inclusion, sexuality and aging, technology, telehealth and virtual environments, recent research on driving in later life, occupation and social transformation, intergenerational connections, caring for someone with dementia, occupational justice and aging, hearing, and arts and humanities. Updated references ensure content is current and applicable to today's practice.

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