Strategies to Advance Gerontology Excellence: Promoting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy - Tapa blanda

Gerontology is one of the most rapidly growing practice areas in occupational therapy. Strategies to Advance Gerontology Excellence illuminates the aging process from an occupational perspective and showcases the unique expertise of occupational therapy in gerontology. Perhaps the most comprehensive text available on the subject, it focuses on core best practices with older adults and how to approach or prevent problems. It is an exceptional tool in support of the advanced-practice AOTA Board Certification in Gerontology (BCG)and will serve as an outstanding resource for faculty who are developing or revising curricula to prepare graduates for the future.

Susan Coppola, MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, is a clinical associate professor in the Division of Occupational Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sharon J. Elliott, MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, is in private practice at the Therapeutic Life Center in Greenville, North Carolina, and teaches in the occupational therapy assistant program at Pitt Community College. Pamela E. Toto, MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, is in private practice in home health and is primary administrator of the Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS) for the University of Pittsburgh's Late Life Depression Study.