WSSU Geriatric Physical Therapy Wiki



Welcome to the WSSU Geriatric Physical Therapy Wiki
The purpose of this wiki is to create a site where therapists that are beginning to treat geriatric patients or clients can find information about their client's conditions that are commonly found in the older adult, health and wellness for the older adult, tests and measures used in the older adult, or information about the changes in healthcare payment systems that may affect them in their practice.

Describe your topic
The wiki is located at: http://wssu-geriatric-physical-therapy.wikia.com

Please add a page to the wiki and name it using the topic that you have selected. Please let me know what topic you have selected, so I know that that topic has been taken, and so that I know what you are working on.

Since this wiki will be used as an assignment, you must agree to participate due to FERPA laws. Please download and sign the wiki agreement in Canvas.

Possible Topics (not the only topics that can be selected):  Age-related systemic changes, changes in cognition with normal aging, types of dementia, treatment strategies for dementia, Medicare and payment system changes, Rhabdomyolysis, Pharmokinetics in Geriatrics, Falls and risk factors for falling, treatment strategies for falling, Osteoporosis and exercises, arthritis, frailty, pre-frailty, aging-in-place, resources for caregivers on reducing stress/caregiver burden, falls and balance, balance measures, pain assessment in the older adult, prevention and wellness in the older adult, environmental adaptations for the older adult, neurological assessments for the older adult

Other topics are fine to pursue as well, please check them out with your professor prior to completing a project.

Please use peer-reviewed literature or well-referenced sources to support your assertions.

Grading Criteria:

Example:

Topics in Geriatrics: Balance Assessments

The Tinetti balance assessment is used to assess balance in community adults. It is appropriate for....

Objectives: The objectives of this page are to:
 * 1) Learn more about the Tinetti balance assessment
 * 2) Learn about who the Tinetti should be used with.
 * 3) Learn about the evidence related to the Tinetti balance assessment.

Information About the Test, Condition or Topic The Tinetti Balance Assessment Text goes here

Who should I use the Tinetti Balance assessment with? Text goes here

Evidence for Use of the Tinetti Balance Assessment

References Refrences used in Wiki

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