Somatic Problems in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Journal Title: Issues of Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Neurophysiology and Sport Promotion-IRONS - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
This study contains characteristics of senility as the last period in human ontogenesis and presents its types: physiological (successful, desirable) and pathological (non-successful, with multiple pathologies and disabilities). The author discusses limitations in geriatric ehabilitation in the context of Comprehensive Geriatric Evaluation, its specificity, needs, forms, advantages and problems.
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Jolanta Twardowska-Rajewska
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