A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home - Softcover

Lockette, Kevin F.

 
9781936401123: A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1936401126 ISBN 13: 9781936401123
Verlag: Bascom Hill Pub Group Ltd, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Drawing on his years as a practicing physical therapist, author Kevin Lockette has compiled A Caregiver s Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home. Lockette s strategies and tips focus on how to offer safe caregiving. But he also gives attention to the safety of the caregiver, because, as he notes, If a caregiver is injured, it frequently results in the carereceiver losing the ability to remain in a community setting. This book covers such topics as body mechanics (including safe lifting), guidelines for transfers (including considerations for body type and disabilities), adaptive and assistive, fall prevention and fall-proofing, and information on wheelchairs. He includes detailed instructions (with illustrations) on exercises for the minimally to moderately impaired. A glossary is provided, as are several appendices, which offer important information on various caregiver associations, caregiver-specific Web sites, and numerous connected resources.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kevin has been practicing as a physical therapist in the rehabilitation field since 1989. He was a past president of HAPTA (Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association) and the primary author of a medical text on rehabilitation, Conditioning with Physical Disabilities, Human Kinetic Publishers 1994.Kevin has extensive experience in acute rehabilitation and is the founder of what is now the nation's largest wellness program for individuals with physical disabilities at the renown Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Kevin is a past head coach for the United States Disable Sports Team (A member of the U.S. Olympic Committee) and coached in International games including the World Championships and the Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain in 1992. Kevin is presently on the Clinical Advisory Council for the Multiple Sclerosis Society-Hawaii.Kevin enjoys canoe paddling. He is also an avid basketball fan and attends UH sports whenever he can. Kevin is not only a physical therapist, but also father of two, athlete, and non-fiction history buff. He is musically inclined in the harmonica and ukulele with a love for the blues. AUTHOR HOME: Kailua, HI

Aus dem Klappentext

Kevin Lockette PT has written extensively on rehabilitation and exercise for those with physical impairments. In this, his latest book, he goes beyond a simple guide for caregivers; he demonstrates his passion for his field as he adroitly shares his indispensable information with his readers. As a caregiver, you wouldn't want anything less for those in your care. With A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home, you won't need anything more. Bruce Katsura MD Physiatry and Rehabilitation Services LLP Over the last 20 years, physical therapy clinician Kevin Lockette has systematically amassed a wealth of skills, practical knowledge and tips to promote independence in the home setting. Now this publication represents his scholarly contribution at a time when long-term caring is shifting rapidly from institutional to home and community-based settings. A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home is set to become a valuable resource for family caregivers, home care agencies and small adult care or foster homes everywhere. This is the practical guide that they have been looking for. Cullen T. Hayashida, Ph.D. Kupuna (Elder) Education Center, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Verlag
Bascom Hill Pub Group Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1936401126
ISBN 13 
9781936401123
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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