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Member Resources
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Member Resources from the Section on Geriatrics
- Exercise Recommendations for Older Adults
- These recommendations are based on the best available scientific evidence and consensus from experts in their respective professions including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and from the National Institutes of Health- the National Institute on Aging. These recommendations provide the framework for prescribing specific exercises by listing the key elements of exercise prescription (frequency, intensity, duration, volume). Physical therapists should use these recommendations as a starting place to design optimal and safe exercise programs.
Exercise Recommendations for Older Adults
Gerontology Resources from APTA
- Description of Advanced Clinical Practice: Geriatric
- The Description of Advanced Clinical Practice: Geriatric
serves as the basis for the specialist certification exams
and is a valuable aid in determining your readiness for specialist
certification.
- It comes with a free Self-Assessment Tool, which helps you
identify discrepancies between your current and desired levels
of practice in Geriatrics. Once you've assessed your practice
level, you can map out your plan for continuing education and
professional development. The booklet includes suggestions
for follow-up and development of an action plan. We encourage
you to add this valuable resource to your clinical library!
- Order
the DACP:Geriatric from APTA
- Clinical Skills Performance Evaluation
Tools for Physical Therapists – Geriatric
- Based on the Description of Advanced Clinical Practice
(DACP) in this area of specialty. Provides a summary form
and a method for developing an action plan based on the evaluation
results.
- Order
from APTA
- Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Revised 2nd Edition
- The result of input and collaboration among hundreds of
physical therapists, the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice,
Second Edition, clearly defines scope of practice; guides
patterns of practice; improves quality of care; promotes
appropriate use of health care services; and explains physical
therapist practice to insurers, policymakers, and other health
care professionals. The Guide continues to be an essential
resource for both daily practice and professional education.
- New for 2003: This second edition of the Guide has been
revised to be more consistent in content and format with
the Interactive Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, With
Catalog of Tests and Measures, Version 1.1 on CD.
- The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second
Edition, features:
- A detailed description of the scope of physical
therapist practice.
- Tests and measures and interventions sections with
expanded clinical indications, examples of tests and
measures and data generated.
- Examples in all sections to assist the user in examination
and intervention.
- Preferred practice patterns grouped into four major
areas: musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular
and pulmonary, and integumentary.
- Tests and measures and interventions relevant to
each pattern clarified.
- Order
the Guide to PT Practice from APTA
- Self-Assessment Tools for Physical Therapists – Geriatric
- Designed to help you identify discrepancies between your
current and desired levels of practice in any of the seven
specialty areas. Once you've assessed your practice level,
you can map out your plan for continuing education and professional
development. If you're considering applying for specialist
certification, use the Self-Assessment Tools to determine
your readiness. Each self-assessment instrument includes
suggestions for follow-up and development of an action plan.
Help yourself with Self-Assessment Tools for Physical Therapists
today!
- Order
from APTA
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