Course Description: This course focuses on approaches for rehabilitating elderly patients. Participants will learn about assessment and treatment techniques tailored to older adults to enhance their mobility, function, and overall quality of life.
Course Outcomes:
- Develop proficiency in geriatric rehabilitation techniques.
- Assess and treat elderly patients effectively.
- Implement rehabilitation strategies tailored to older adults.
- Enhance mobility and function in elderly patients.
- Improve the overall quality of life for geriatric patients through rehabilitation.
Objectives:
- Identify key principles of geriatric rehabilitation.
- Perform assessments for geriatric patients.
- Implement treatment techniques tailored to older adults.
- Develop rehabilitation plans for elderly patients.
- Monitor and evaluate progress in geriatric rehabilitation.
- Address common challenges in geriatric rehabilitation.
- Educate elderly patients and their families about rehabilitation.
- Collaborate with geriatric specialists and healthcare teams.
- Use technology to support geriatric rehabilitation.
- Review case studies to apply geriatric rehabilitation techniques in real-world settings.
Units:
- Introduction to Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Principles of Geriatric Assessment
- Treatment Techniques for Elderly Patients
- Developing Rehabilitation Plans for Older Adults
- Monitoring and Evaluating Progress in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Addressing Challenges in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Patient and Family Education on Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Collaboration with Geriatric Specialists
- Technology in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Case Studies and Practical Applications
