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Functional assessment and training

Functional assessment and training. Ahmad Osailan. Assessment in Geriatric. Such assessment like ROM and muscle strength is important BUT does not reflect the patient’s function level The goal is to make Comprehensive geriatric assessment by Mixing : Musculoskeletal parameters

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Functional assessment and training

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  1. Functional assessment and training Ahmad Osailan

  2. Assessment in Geriatric • Such assessment like ROM and muscle strength is important BUT • does not reflect the patient’s function level • The goal is to make Comprehensive geriatric assessment by Mixing : • Musculoskeletal parameters • Functional abilities

  3. Functional Evaluation • What is the importance of functional evaluation? • * ability to give beginning and end point based on functional outcome • * relationship of this outcome to patient independence.

  4. Example for functional evaluation • Barthel index • Helps to rate difficulty in bathing or walking • Every level of function is indicated by number • The total score helps to decide if the patient is ready to go home or still need assisstance. • Patient is given the index without numbers • Measures ADL

  5. What makes functional assessment so important ? • Because: • It targets specific behaviours and tasks patient wishes to accomplish. • The ultimate goal of rehabilitation is to assist people in achieving their highest level of function.

  6. aMistake most of us fall into it • While assessing patient we focus in signs and symptoms. • we still need to consider level of function • We need to understand the four component of function: • 1- physical function, walking, stairs • 2- mental function, cognitive ability, memory • 3- emotional function, anxieties, stress • 4- social function, person interaction with family

  7. Geriatric Assessment Involves a multi-dimensional diagnostic process designed to qualify an elderly individual in terms of: • Functional capabilities • Disabilities • Medical & Psychological characteristics we will consider particularly: • Activities of Daily Living (ADL) • Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

  8. Assessment Programs include tests that are grouped into three categories • Tests examining general physical health • Tests measuring ability to perform basic self care (ADLs) • Tests measuring ability to perform more complex activities (IADLs), reflecting the ability to live independently in the community

  9. How to measure severity of disability The severity of the disability may be measured in terms of whether a person: • Does not perform the activity at all • Can only perform the activity with the help of another person • Can perform the activity with the help of special equipment

  10. % of persons 70 years & older having difficulty/inability to perform ADLs & IADLs With advancing age, 1) disability intensity increases in men & women; 2) disability intensity is higher in women than in men at the same age (esp. at later ages); 3) females live a longer average life span but live longer with disability

  11. Aging is associated with increased incidence of: • Diseases • Accidents • Stress The increased susceptibility to stress and disease in old age may be related to cell senescence.

  12. DEPRESSION If Geriatric Depression scale is positive: - check for adverse medications - initiate appropriate treatment HISTORY MENTAL STATUS Number of tests are available PHYSICAL EXAMINATION including: neurologic and musculoskeletal evaluation of arm and leg, evaluation of vision, hearing and speech INCONTINENCE (eventually fecal incontinence) presence and degree of severity Functional Assesment of Elderly

  13. HOME ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT Evaluation of home safety and family and community resources

  14. Functional Assessment: Goals • Identify limitations of patient ability to function in daily life. • Develop strategies/interventions to improve function. • In other words: What cannot be done, why cannot it, what can be done to fix the limitation (patient-based intervention) or change task (environmental remediation)

  15. comperhensive Rehabilitation • Disease -> impairment -> disability -> handicap • Example: Degenerative joint disease (DJD) -> pain -> gait disturbance -> unable to access 2nd-floor apartment • Interventions: Disease-specific (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], total knee replacement [TKR]) -> impairment management (pain control) -> disability compensation (cane) ->environmental modification (move to 1st-floor apartment)

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