Bonder, Bette R.

Functional performance in older adults / Bette R. Bonder, Marilyn B. Wagner. - 2nd edition - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2001. - xxxi, 544 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
1. Growing old in the United States
2. Biological Theories of Aging: Implications for functional performance
3. The Psychological meaning of activity

SECTION 2. THE AGING PROCESS
4. Mobility
5. Cardiopulmonary development
6. Sensory and sensory integrative development
7. Cognitive development

SECTION 3. ACTIVITIES OF OLDER ADULTS
8. Self-care
9. Work and retirement
10. Leisure
11. Sexuality in late adulthood
12. Assessment of functional performance

SECTION 4. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DYSFUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS
13. Falls
14. Dementia
15. Depression

SECTION 5. INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
16. Wellness
17. Community-based services
18. Home healthcare
19. Rehabilitation
20. Activities as agents for intervention and rehabilitation in long-term care

SECTION 6. SPECIAL TOPICS
21. Technology
22. Driving and older adults
23. Families and professionals: Therapeutic considerations
24. The end of life





Includes bibliographical references and index.

0803605439

00064402


Older people--Rehabilitation.
Aging.
Aging--physiology.
Activities of Daily Living--Aged.
Aged--psychology.
Health Services for the Aged.
Mental Disorders--Aged.
Quality of Life--Aged.

RC953.5 / .F86 2001

612.67 / BON