| Abstract/Notes |
The practice of physical therapists in our application of spesific education, experience,and expertise in the health problem of older adults across spectrum of health care delivery is presented in part V. Finally,the last section tackles the societal issues affecting physical therapists practice that can propel or obstruct the profession's ability to address the health of oider adults and optimize the health of the nation; reimbursement and advocacy. What strated as an attempt to update a well-received resource was infused with a new visionand turned into a subtantial revision to reflect the changes in geriatric physical therapy and the profession itself in the last 20 years. The goals which we first described in 1993 and repeated in the second edition remain: to define the scientific basis of physical therapy;to describe how physical therapists practice with older adults diffres from physical therapist in general;and to promote the adoption of evidence-based principles of clinical care that advance geriatric physical therapist practice. It is clear now that the best scientific toughts are being rranslated into clinical actions. We are pleased to think that we have contributed to this phenomenon. |
