Geriatric Rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation focuses on the functional outcomes of pathologic processes and uses a variety of therapeutic interventions to restore function. Geriatric rehabilitation differs from rehabilitation in younger persons in that many older patients suffer from multiple conditions that interact to produce disability. 1 Hence, an understanding of the disablement process is critical to rehabilitation of older persons. 2 This chapter reviews the current understanding of the way disability occurs, the use of rehabilitation to treat disability, and the gaps in research in this area.
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