Framework for Management of Clients With Neurodegenerative Diseases
Presented by Anne Kloos
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Neurodegenerative diseases result in complex issues impacting the health, function, and participation of affected individuals. Therapists must be equipped to provide best-evidence care throughout all stages of neurodegenerative diseases in an ever-changing healthcare environment. This course addresses this need by providing frameworks for rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases to help guide clinician decision-making regarding exercise and other treatments for clients with neurodegenerative diseases and by providing strategies to overcome barriers and facilitate sustainable exercise and physical activity in people with neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, this course addresses unique issues and challenges in caring for clients with neurodegenerative diseases as well as strategies to address those challenges. The course is targeted primarily for physical therapists in inpatient, outpatient, skilled nursing, and home settings.
Meet your instructor
Anne Kloos
Anne Kloos received her physical therapy degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and her master’s and doctoral degrees in biology/neuroscience from Cleveland State University. Dr. Kloos is currently a professor-clinical in the physical therapy division at The Ohio State University, where she teaches adult…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Frameworks of Rehabilitation for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Frameworks for rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases help to guide physical therapists’ decision-making regarding treatments for clients with neurodegenerative diseases across all disease stages. This chapter provides the therapist with knowledge about three current frameworks and a case example to illustrate their application.
2. Exercise and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Exercise may have a neuroprotective role in neurodegenerative diseases. This chapter provides general guidelines for the therapist to select exercise interventions that enhance motor, cognitive, and psychological functions in people with neurodegenerative diseases. Strategies to overcome barriers and facilitate sustainable exercise and physical activity in people with neurodegenerative diseases will be discussed.
3. Considerations in Caring for Clients With Neurodegenerative Diseases
Physical therapists face unique issues and challenges when caring for individuals with neurodegenerative diseases. This chapter discusses common issues and challenges that arise across disease stages and strategies for dealing with them.
4. Long-Term Therapy Reimbursement Challenges
It can be challenging for physical therapists to provide long-term care to individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, given the current healthcare environment in the United States. This chapter discusses strategies that therapists can use to ensure that clients with neurodegenerative diseases have access to physical therapy services throughout the continuum of care.
