Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults

Section I: Conceptual Foundations of Gerontological Occupational Therapy 1. Gerontological OT: Conceptual Frameworks, Historical Contexts, & Practice Principles, Perkinson & Barney 2. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Occupational Therapy Practice with Older Adults, Needham, Luetkemeyer, Lohman, & Mu 3. Looming Disease Burden Associated with the Aging Process: Implications for OT Practice, Andresen, Cannell, Akhtar, Barney 4. Theoretical Models Relevant to Gerontological Occupational Therapy Practice, Hocking & Meltzer 5. Foundations of Evidence-Based Gerontological Occupational Therapy Practice, Krieger, Tao, & Royeen 6. Approaches to Screening and Assessment in Gerontological Occupational Therapy, Bear-Lehman, Chippendale, & Albert 7. Occupational Therapy Intervention Process with Aging Adults, Lysack Section II: Age-Related Biological System Changes and Gerontological Occupational Therapy 8. Musculoskeletal System Changes with Aging: Implications for Occupational Therapy, Hayes, Herning, & Gonzalez-Snyder 9. Physiological and Neurological System Changes with Aging and Related Occupational Therapy Interventions, Morley, Patel, VanPuymbrook, Schwartz, & Barney 10. Occupational Therapy Interventions for Older Adults with Low Vision, Newsham-Beckley 11. Nutrition, Occupational Performance & the Phenomenology of Food in Later Life, Lo, Desai, Moss, & Henderson-Kalb 12. Oral Health for the Aging Adult, Blanchard, Barker, & Hyde 13. Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and the Aging Adult: Implications for Occupational Therapy, Behrenholtz Levy & Barney Section III: Aging-Related Psychosocial Changes and Gerontological Occupational Therapy 14. Cognitive Executive Abilities in Aging and Everyday Life, Han, Parker, & McDowd 15. Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Occupational Therapy Interventions, Kempf, Schwarz, Desai,  & Perkinson 16. Mental Health and Common Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Aging, Stoffel, Lee, Schwartz, & Grossberg 17. Spirituality and Aging, Ellor & Bowen 18. Successful Aging, de Medeiros, Jackson, & Perkinson Section IV: The Functional Environment of Aging Adults and Gerontological Occupational Therapy 19. The Physical Environment and Aging, Rowles, Perkinson, & Barney 20. Driving and Transportation: Dementia as a Model for Evaluation, Decision-Making, and Planning, Carr & Hunt 21. Assistive Technology: Supports for Aging Adults, Furphy, Lindstom,  & Burdick 22. Families and Aging: The Lived Experience, Karasch Behr & Tebb Section V: Continuum of Care and Gerontological Occupational Therapy 23. U.S. Health Care System Overview and the Occupational Therapy Services Interface, Meret-Hanke & Barney 24. The Role of Occupational Therapy in Acute & Sub-Acute Care with Aging Adults, Turek Koch & Flaherty 25. Long-Term Care: The Role of Occupational Therapists in Transformative Practice, Briller, Paul-Ward, & Whaley 26. Home: An Evolving Context for Health Care, Gitlin & Piersol Section VI: Trends and Innovations in Care for Aging Adults 27. Intraprofessional & Interprofessional Processes in Gerontological Care, Tumosa, Lach, Barney, & Orr 28. Occupational Therapists as Change Agents, Brodrick & Barry 29. Community-Based Models of Practice to Address Late Life Inequities: Examples from the UK, Pollard, Sakellariou, Pollard, & Harrison 30. The Future of Gerontological Occupational Therapy, Barney & Perkinson