DPT 778 - Advanced Geriatric and Neuromuscular Rehabilitation

Credit Hours: 1
The Geriatric course content will focus on the special needs of the geriatric population. Issues to be explored during this elective include social isolation, patient/ family and caregivers perspective in memory care units, the importance of healthy lifestyles to diminish the negative aspects of aging, the important role of support groups with disease and decline and cognitive and dementia awareness for the family and physical therapist practitioner. The Neurological course content will include advanced study of neurologic diagnoses, examination, intervention, and clinical decision-making. Classroom, laboratory, and directed study of the current body of literature for the practice of neurologic physical therapy will be required. Special attention will be given to various outcome measures and interventions with respect to both theory and practice, with a focus on current evidence-based medicine.