OTA 1031 - Geriatric Concerns, Diseases and Treatment Techniques

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 2
Vocational Lab Hour(s): 1.50
Prerequisite(s): OTA 1005 and OTA 1006.
Formerly OTA 131 Explores aging trends and the impact of context and environmental influences on the older individual, focusing on an ever changing occupational status through the influences of client factors, activity demands, and performance skills and patterns. Identify geriatric diseases and conditions common to occupational therapy and discuss strategies and methods of intervention.