Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults: Promoting Quality of Life through Collaborative Practice

Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults, 2nd Edition, by Karen Frank Barney, Margaret A. Perkinson, and Debbie Laliberte Rudman, provides comprehensive coverage of gerontological occupational therapy practice, emphasizing evidence-based, occupation-based practice and a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. It covers a wide range of topics, including bio-psychosocial age-related changes, environmental forces shaping occupational participation, health care, and implications for communities. The book includes over 80 leaders in their respective topical areas and covers topical OT issues such as diversity and inclusion, disability and aging, sexuality, technology, telehealth and virtual environments, intergenerational connections, dementia research and caring for someone with dementia, occupational justice and aging, age inclusive communities, and hearing. The eBook version includes access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Format: Hardback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2024
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults, 2nd Edition, by Karen Frank Barney, Margaret A. Perkinson, and Debbie Laliberte Rudman, provides comprehensive coverage of gerontological occupational therapy practice, focusing on evidence-based, occupation-based practice and a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. With over 80 leaders in their respective topical areas contributing to the 33 chapters, the book covers conceptual foundations and principles, bio-psychosocial age-related changes, environmental forces shaping occupational participation for older adults, the continuum of health care, and implications for communities. It also covers topical OT issues such as diversity and inclusion, disability and aging, sexuality, technology, telehealth and virtual environments, intergenerational connections, updates on dementia research and caring for someone with dementia, occupational justice and aging, age inclusive communities, and an expanded section on hearing. The book emphasizes an intraprofessional and interprofessional approach to intervention, emphasizing working holistically and collaboratively in serving older adults. It also highlights the wide range of physiological, musculoskeletal, and neurological changes among the aging patient population, which are related to occupational participation.

Weight: 1440g
Dimension: 224 x 285 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323877985
Edition number: 2 ed