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Record Nr.

UNINA9910373951803321

Titolo

Occupational Therapy for Older People / / edited by Christian Pozzi, Alessandro Lanzoni, Maud J. L. Graff, Alessandro Morandi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-35731-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (V, 167 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

615.85150846

Soggetti

Occupational therapy for older people

Rehabilitation medicine

Critical care medicine

Clinical psychology

Occupational Therapy - methods

Aged

Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Occupational Therapy and Geriatrics -- Occupational Therapy in the community -- Occupational Therapy in rehabilitation settings -- Occupational Therapy in Nursing Home -- Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit -- Occupational Therapy in the Palliative Care -- The future of Occupational Therapy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on evidence-based occupational therapy in the care of older adults in different clinical settings, from home to acute hospital, from intensive care unit to rehabilitation centers and nursing homes. Occupational therapy has progressively developed as a new discipline aiming to improve the daily life of individuals of different ages, from children to older adults. The book first reviews the interaction between occupational therapy and geriatrics and then discusses in depth how occupational therapy interventions are applied in the community, in the acute hospital and in the nursing home. It highlights the key role of occupational therapy in the management of frail patients, including critically ill older patients and persons with



dementia, and describes in detail how to maintain occupational therapy interventions across different settings to avoid the fragmentation of care. The ageing population requires new innovative approaches to improve the quality of life, and as such this book provides clinicians with handy, key information on how to implement occupational therapy in the daily clinical care of older adults based on the current scientific evidence. .