Psychological Aspects of Geriatric Rehabilitation Part 1

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The first three chapters provide an overview of the topic, with chapter 1 differentiating briefly between the needs of younger and older rehabilitation clients, chapter 2 providing an overview of normal physiological aging, and chapter 3 reviewing normal psychological aging. Chapter 4 focuses on how the older individual adapts to the rehabilitation setting.

Problems related to loss of independence, to loss of peer support, and to the youth orientation prevalent in many rehabilitation centers are addressed. Several individual and group interventions are suggested.

The next three chapters focus on assessment of cognitive factors Noun 1. cognitive factor - something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning , emotional factors, and dementia. One author, Rentz, reviews a number of studies on the effect of cognitive dysfunction on rehabilitation outcomes and concludes that diminished cognition.

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