Description
This text aims to assist occupational therapists and other health care providers in developing up-to-date psychogeriatric programmes and understanding details of treating the cognitively impaired elderly. There exists a significant demand for occupational therapy in psychogeriatrics now. As the elderly population increases, especially elderly requiring rehabilitative care, the need for occupational therapy in psychogeriatrics will increasee markably. “Evaluation and Treatment of the Psychogeriatric patient” emphasizes the expertise of leading psychogeriatric occupational therapists, focusing on transitional programming, treating cognitive deficits, and recognizing the malignant cultural myths which continue to disenfranchise and denigrate the elderly. Appropriate diagnosis and management of the elderly population is vital to their ability to function independently. Through detailed descriptions of current geriatric day care hospitals and psychogeriatric transitional programmes, this book is intended to be an aid for social workers, nurses, geriatric counsellors, and physical therapists.
