Here's the ideal resource for rehabilitation professionals who are working with or preparing to work with older adults!
A perfect balance of theory and practice gives you all of the information you need to work effectively with older adults.You'll find descriptions of the normal aging process, in regular activities, and step-by-step guidance on how to develop mechanisms for maximizing their well-being.
• Focuses on the healthy aging process.
• Discusses the factors that can affect your client s ability to participate in regular activities.
• Provides a broad context in which to understand your client from historical, cultural, biological, and social perspectives.
• Reviews assessment and intervention strategies.
• Uses an interdisciplinary approach, with contributions from occupational, physical, and speech therapists; social workers; psychologists; and anthropologists.
• Offers case studies m the chapters addressing intervention strategies.
• Addresses self-care, work, and leisure from the perspective of aging.
• Includes chapter objectives, chapter review questions, and a comprehensive glossary.