Medical care organization for older patients in geriatric centers is of particular interest due to the increase proportion population Russian Federation. Geriatric experience cognitive, neurological, sensory changes, including decreased vision, hearing, rate reaction, as well increased time assimilation new information. Patients with age-related characteristics may encounter various problems du...

Background Patient-centred goal setting is regarded as a beneficial intervention for geriatric rehabilitation. Nevertheless, its known laborious implementation in clinical practice remains an ongoing challenge. To improve implementation of patient-centred goal setting, the integration of goal setting with standardized measures has been proposed. Our objective of the current study was to explore...

Course Description: This course is derived from the textbook by Andrew A. Guccione, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA, Rita A. Wong, PT, EdD, and Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD ©2012. Geriatric Physical Therapy offers a comprehensive presentation of geriatric physical therapy science and practice. Thoroughly revised and updated, editors Andrew Guccione, Rita Wong, and Dale Avers and their contributors provide curr...

Serum zinc levels measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry were found to be low (less than 10.5 mumols/l) in 38% of acute geriatric admissions, 69% of long stay geriatric patients and 19% of a control group of elderly hospital patients with a normal serum albumin. There was a significant positive correlation between serum zinc and serum albumin in all groups. In acutely ill geriatric pat...