This textbook provides practitioners and students working in geriatric rehabilitation with an interdisciplinary approach to the assessment and rehabilitative management of older people. Clinically focused, the 4th edition reviews crucial information about the elderly and suggests strategies for implementing practical rehabilitation goals in a variety of care settings. The two chapters new to this edition are Frail and Institutionalized Elderly Clients and Home Care. All clinical chapters in the book contain a case study and all chapters feature extensive evidence-based medical updating with clinical interpretation of contemporary research.