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老人常見疾病之物理治療

Physical Therapy for Common Diseases in the Elderly

摘要


拜公共衛生與醫療科技之賜,人們平均壽命大為提高。又因生育率之降低,我國社會已有高齡化之趨勢,故而老年保健與醫療需求不容忽視。 老人罹病後,常受老化之生理功能、靜態之生活方式與疾病本身之影響,而使其整體功能之損失更加複雜,且呈現出五種特徵與結果。 本文即針對老人罹病後之特性,探討物理治療師在治療過程之前、中與後階段裡之一般原則、注意事項及各類常見疾病之治療方針。同時也提出來物理治療師可以在不同層級之老年醫療照護體系中,積極扮演保健、治療與維持性之角色。

關鍵字

老年 老年照護 物理治療

並列摘要


Because of the remarkable progress in public health and medical technology, the life expectancy of our society has obviously increased. With the concomittant decrements in reproductivity, our society has the tendency to be aging. It is crucial to pay attention to the increasing needs of geriatric care. Aging process, sedentary life style and disease itself will complicate the whole condition in elderly, which result in the picture of multiplicity, consequentialness, dependency, slow recovery and functional disabilities. This article is going to discuss the general principles, special considerations and the guidelines of P.T. in common geriatric diseases. Meanwhile, it also heralds the increasing need of physical therapists who playing preventive, curative and maintaining roles in acute, chronic care facilities, or even the home care agencies.

並列關鍵字

Geriatrics Elderly Geriatric care Physical therepy

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