Geriatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

Exercise for Older Adults with Frailty: Current Evidence and Recommendations (588569)

Presenter(s)

• 

  Margaret Danilovich, PT, DPT, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Northwestern University
  Chicago, Illinois
• 

  Victoria Davila, PT, DPT

  postdoctoral fellow
  Northwestern University
  Chicagi, Illinois

This symposium focuses on the latest evidence for exercise guidelines for older adults with frailty and clinically feasible intervention strategies. This course will present an overview of the frailty syndrome, evaluation guidelines, treatment approaches, and evidence for exercise and physical activity recommendations for this population. Appropriate methods of assessing frailty in clinical practice will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the frailty syndrome and evalute different models of assessing frailty
• Analyze the strengths and limitations of various frailty outcome measures
• Analyze the current exercise guidelines for frail older adults
• Apply evidence from exercise intervention studies to develop exercise prescriptions for frail older adults