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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editor -- Contributors -- Geriatric Rehabilitation: Introduction -- SECTION I: Basics of Aging -- Chapter 1 Demographics, Biology, and Physiology -- Chapter 2 Geriatric Assessment and the Physical Examination of the Older Adult -- Chapter 3 Psychosocial Assessment -- Chapter 4 Functional Assessment and Measures -- Chapter 5 Pharmacology in Geriatric Rehabilitation -- Chapter 6 Exercise in the Older Adult -- SECTION II: Geriatric Syndromes -- Chapter 7 Frailty -- Chapter 8 Delirium -- Chapter 9 Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults -- Chapter 10 Falls and Gait Impairment -- Chapter 11 Pressure Ulcers in Older Adults -- Chapter 12 Pain and Its Management in Older Adults -- Chapter 13 Polypharmacy and Rational Prescribing: Finding the "Golden Mean" for the "Silver Tsunami"--Chapter 14 Sleep Disorders in Older Adults -- SECTION III: Systemic Disorders in Geriatric Rehabilitation -- Chapter 15 Dysphagia in Older Adults and Its Management -- Chapter 16 Vision Impairment and Its Management in Older Adults -- Chapter 17 Arthritis and Common Musculoskeletal Conditions -- Chapter 18 Osteoporosis and Exercise in the Older Adult -- Chapter 19 Diabetes in Older Adults and Its Management -- Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Disease -- Chapter 21 Pulmonary Disease in the Geriatric Population -- Chapter 22 Geriatric Strokes and Brain Injuries -- Chapter 23 Cancer Rehabilitation -- Chapter 24 Spinal Cord Injury in Older Adults -- Chapter 25 Parkinson's Disease and Rehabilitation -- Chapter 26 Aging and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities -- SECTION IV: Health Maintenance, Caregiving, and Postacute Rehabilitation: Bedside to Curbside -- Chapter 27 Inpatient Rehabilitation: Acute, Subacute, and in Community Settings