Contrary to popular belief, practice of physiotherapy with elderly
patients is no easy option. In addition to grappling with the effects of
multipathology it presents problems of accommodating to the patients'
altering physiological state and the accumulating life events of older
age. There are challenges of ethics in decision making. In therapeutic
management it is sometimes hard to know where to begin, what to try, and
when to stop or offer something eise. The work offers both satisfaction
and despair, frustration and enormous interest. Despite the existence of
many specialist textbooks on medicine and physiotherapy, it is widely
feit there is a place for a basic guide to physiotherapy with elderly
people. This book aims to provide guidance and insights based on the
writers' experience, as weil as from the current literature. Good
practice must be holistic in its breadth of knowledge and attitude to
the individual, but meticulous in attention to detail in examination and
treatment as for a patient of any age.