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"The Benefits of Therapeutic Exercise and Physical Activity in Long Term Care" - on Advances in Long Term Care, Medicine, produced in cooperation with AMDA
As people are living longer than ever before with a variety of chronic conditions, modified physical activity can help older patients regain or retain functionality. Indeed, physical therapy is also essential to the recovery of patients who have undergone elective or emergency surgeries. What distinguishes therapeutic exercise from physical activity, and how can exercise programs be tailored to meet the various needs of long-term care residents? How can we effectively "dose" therapeutic exercise, setting up an effective care plan that residents can adhere to? Dr. Tim Fox, founder and executive director of Fox Rehabilitation in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Mimi Jacobs, founding executive director of the non-profit Fox GERI: Geriatric Education & Research Institute, advocate for the benefits of therapeutic exercise in improving quality of life for all patients. Hosted by Dr. Eric Tangalos.
Dr. Eric G. Tangalos is professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic and was chair of primary care internal medicine from 1997 to 2006. He is a past-president of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) and is a fellow and past governor of the American College of Physicians. He served eight years on the national board of the Alzheimer's Association and has had continuous NIH funding for his work at the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Center since 1986. Dr. Tangalos has been medical director at Bethany Samaritan Heights nursing home since its doors opened in 1981. He is also vice chair of the AMDA Policy Committee is again delegate to the AMA for AMDA.
Dr. Tim Fox is a practicing physical therapist and the executive director of Fox Rehabilitation, a private practice based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, comprised of physical, occupational and speech therapists who provide geriatric house calls to patients in their home, assisted living residence and adult medical day care. Dr. Fox graduated from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 1995 with an MS in physical therapy. He received his board certification as a Geriatric Clinical Specialist (GCS) in 2008 from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and went on to complete his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in 2009 from Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Fox also is an American Physical Therapy Association Credentialed Clinical Instructor (CCI).
Mimi Jacobs is the founding executive director of the non-profit Fox GERI: Geriatric Education and Research Institute and a senior physical therapist with Fox Rehabilitation, based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, specializing in residential geriatric therapy. Her role focuses on promoting public health literacy and improving the quality of geriatric medical care through education of all health care professionals and research. Ms. Jacobs is a Geriatric Certified Specialist (GCS) and an Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS). Ms. Jacobs has spoken extensively both domestically and internationally on a variety of topics germain to rehabilitation.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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