Occupational Therapy with Elders : Strategies for the COTA

by Byers-Connon, Lohman & Padilla

• ISBN13: 9780323024303
• ISBN10: 0323024300
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-05
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

This unique resource clearly presents a comprehensive range of elder care strategies and insights for the COTA. Coverage includes important trends, concepts and theories related to aging, as well as professional issues for occupational therapy professionals. A multi-disciplinary approach demonstrates the importance of the collaboration between the Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR), and COTA. Highlights the importance of COTAs to the care of elder patients. Key terms, chapter objectives, and review questions highlight key chapter content. Case Studies illustrate important principles and help readers apply what theyve learned to actual situations. Reduces the stereotypical role of dependent patients and dispels myths about aging. Reflects the recently adopted Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and its interpretation when caring for elder patients. AARP statistics and AOTA documents have been updated to reflect current information. New photos have been added to enhance the material presented. The appendix on web resources is now divided by chapter and includes a brief description of each website. Features a new Evolve site with review questions and answers, web links, and much more. New cases studies and review questions are included in each chapter. Practice settings coverage has been expanded to cover traditional, non-traditional and assisted living facilities. The hospice chapter features new guidelines on effective communication with elders. The Aging Trends and Concepts chapter includes a discussion of the growing number of elder Americans living over the age of one hundred. The principle of thriving is introduced and discussed in the Social and Biological Theories of Aging chapter. In the chapter on Psychological Aspects of Aging, the need for elder social support is introduced and discussed, as is the principle of physical illness in relation to coping with a chronic disease or serious illness. Features an extended and updated discussion of Medicare, Federal Public Policies, and other public sources of funding and how they relate to COTA practice. Other rehabilitation services and coverage concepts are discussed in relation to Federal Health Care Policy. The Occupational Theories with Elders chapter introduces the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and presents several new scenarios that illustrate the framework in use. The chapter on sexuality in elders was expanded to include a specific discussion of elder homosexuals. A new section on wheelchair seating and positioning was added to the mobility chapter. Discusses decreased acuity and oculomotor dysfunction, and includes an in-depth presentation of the settings in which visual impairments are addressed. Features the latest information on arthritis therapy and total knee replacement.

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE CONCEPTS OF AGING
Aging Trends and Concepts	3	(16)
Helene Lohman
Ellen Spergel
Social and Biological Theories of Aging	19	(10)
Marlene J. Aitken
Aging Process	29	(9)
Claudelle A. H. Carruthers
Lisa Walker
Psychological Aspects of Aging	38	(11)
Yolanda Griffiths
Aging Well: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	49	(14)
Claudia Gaye Peyton
The Regulation of Public Policy for Elders	63	(20)
Coralie H. Glantz
Nancy Richman
SECTION TWO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTION WITH ELDERS
Application of Occupational Therapy Practice Models	83	(18)
Rene Padilla
Opportunities for Best Practice in Various Settings	101	(19)
Sue Byers-Connon
Steve Park
Cultural Diversity of the Aging Population	120	(15)
Rene Padilla
Linda A. Walker
Ethical Aspects in the Work with Elders	135	(8)
Katherine H. Brown
Carol J. Schwope
Working with Families and Caregivers of Elders	143	(9)
Ada Boone Hoerl
Barbara Jo Rodrigues
Addressing Sexuality of Elders	152	(13)
Helene Lohman
Use of Medications by Elders	165	(12)
Barbara L. Flynn
Brenda M. Coppard
Considerations of Mobility	177	(24)
Restraint Reduction	177	(6)
Kai Galyen
Candice Mullendore
Wheelchair Seating and Positioning	183	(3)
Candice Mullendore
Fall Prevention	186	(5)
Sandra Hattori Okada
Candice Mullendore
Community Mobility	191	(10)
Penni Jean Lavoot
Candice Mullendore
Working with Elders Who Have Vision Impairments	201	(12)
Rebecca Bothwell
Working with Elders Who Have Hearing Impairments	213	(10)
Sharon Stoffel
Strategies to Maintain Continence in Elders	223	(8)
Kris R. Brown
Dysphagia and Other Eating and Nutritional Concerns with Elders	231	(11)
Deborah Morawski
Terryn Davis
Working with Elders Who Have Had Cerebrovascular Accidents	242	(12)
Deborah L. Morawski
Rene Padilla
Working with Elders Who Have Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease	254	(15)
Carly R. Hellen
Working with Elders Who Have Psychiatric Conditions	269	(11)
L. Margaret Drake
Working with Elders Who Have Orthopedic Conditions	280	(17)
Brenda M. Coppard
Tyrome Higgins
Karoline D. Harvey
Working with Elders Who Have Cardiovascular Conditions	297	(9)
Tonya Bartholomew
Jana K. Cragg
Jean T. Hays
Amy Matthews
Claire Peel
Working with Elders Who Have Pulmonary Conditions	306	(5)
Angela M. Peralta
Sherrell Powell
Working with Elders Who Have Oncological Conditions	311	(10)
Leslie Brunsteter-Williams
Working with Elders in Hospice	321	(12)
Sue Byers-Connon
Jean Vann
Appendix A, Resources	333	(6)
Appendix B, World Wide Web Resources	339	(6)
Glossary	345	(4)
Index	349