Geriatrics update 2018: Challenges in mental health, mobility, and postdischarge care

Abstract

Nonpharmacologic interventions Home occupational therapy. A 2-year homebased occupational therapy intervention 1 showed no evidence of slowing functional decline in patients with Alzheimer disease. The randomized controlled trial involving 180 participants consisted of monthly sessions of an intensive, well-established collaborative-care management model that included fall prevention and other safety strategies, personalized training in activities of daily living, exercise, and education. Outcome measures for activi