Functional Performance in Older Adults 5th Edition

Support the health, well-being, and quality of life of older adults!

Here’s the ideal resource for students who are preparing to work with older adults. This text discusses the complexity of the aging experience, the science  that contributes to positive aging, and the specific considerations  that occupational therapy practitioners must bring to their efforts to  support older adults. You’ll find descriptions of the normal aging  process, discussions of how health and social factors can impact your  clients’ ability to participate in valued occupations, and guidance on  how to develop occupation-based strategies for maximizing their  well-being.

• New Chapters! Features nine new chapters, Aging and Culture; Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships; Legal  and Ethical Issues; Special Concerns in Care and Prevention; Metabolic  Conditions; Home Management; Health Management and Sleep; Community  Mobility and Driving; Caregiving; and Acute Care Services.
• Revised! Features a reconceptualized section, Aging: Body Structures and Body Functions,  with chapters addressing both normal aging and health conditions to  provide a holistic perspective on functional and occupational  performance in older adults and OT interventions. 
• Updated & Expanded! Addresses  interprofessional practice as interprofessional collaboration to  emphasize its importance in today’s healthcare environment and to  clients. 
• New! Threads  “Case Studies” throughout the chapters to encourage in-the-moment  application of the content, and revisits those related to health  conditions in the chapters on service delivery to help students  appreciate the delivery of OT services in different care contexts. 
• Revised and Updated! Incorporates  the most current evidence available and presents strategies supported  by the evidence in “Promoting Best Practices” boxes. 
• New! Summarizes  the assessments most relevant to older adult practice, occupation, and  psychometrically best practices in an assessment table organized by ICF  factors. 
•   Encourages clinical reasoning with a “Mini-Case Study” and “Provocative  Questions” at the beginning of each chapter and “Critical-Thinking  Questions” at the end of each chapter with the author’s suggested  responses in Appendix A. 
•  Reviews assessment and intervention strategies. 
•  Uses the International Classification of Function (ICF; World Health Organization) as its major organizing principle.