Functional Assessment Tools in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Sixty-two percent of adults 65 years and older have limitations with basic or complex activities. Older adults can pose unique challenges for clinicians due to their sedentarylifestyles and potential for complex medical history. Rehabilitation professionals are experts in movement scienceand should play an integral role in prescription of appropriate physical activity to ensure maximal levels of success with older adults. In order to do this, a thorough functional assessment is necessary to identify the impairments that aremost likely causing the activity limitation or participationrestriction. The course content will provide you with a better understanding of the available evidence-based functional assessment tools to determine the most pressing deficits affecting your patient’s functional status.

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants

Highlights

• Immediately improve your ability to identify functional deficits in older adults
• Practical assessment and re-assessment strategies for functional deficits and underlying conditions you can use the next day