Physiotherapy for older persons Geriatric physiotherapy in Delhi.
Geriatrics is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people.
It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Physiotherapist is also a member of Geriatric Rehabilitation.
It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Physiotherapist is also a member of Geriatric Rehabilitation.
Geriatric Diseases
Dementia, Arthritis, Palliative care, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Parkinson's Disease, Atherosclerosis, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol.
Dementia, Arthritis, Palliative care, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Parkinson's Disease, Atherosclerosis, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol.
Geriatric physiotherapy with older people is based on:
▶Disability is generally regarded as being due to a pathological process, or injury, not prima facie ‘old age’.
▶The effects of biological ageing reduce the efficiency of the body’s systems, but throughout life, ▶optimum function is maintained in each individual by continuing to use these systems to their maximum capacity.
▶Physiotherapists have a key role in enabling older people to use a number of the body’s systems fully to enhance mobility and independence.
▶When neither improvement nor even maintenance of functional mobility is a reasonable goal, physiotherapists can contribute to helping older people to remain comfortable and pain free.
▶Prevention of the development of problems in later life through health promotion.
▶The effects of biological ageing reduce the efficiency of the body’s systems, but throughout life, ▶optimum function is maintained in each individual by continuing to use these systems to their maximum capacity.
▶Physiotherapists have a key role in enabling older people to use a number of the body’s systems fully to enhance mobility and independence.
▶When neither improvement nor even maintenance of functional mobility is a reasonable goal, physiotherapists can contribute to helping older people to remain comfortable and pain free.
▶Prevention of the development of problems in later life through health promotion.