Symposium

Cross-Cutting

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Health Services Research

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Bridging the Gap Between Innovative Research and Clinical Care: New Models of Preventative Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults (825796)

Presenter(s)

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  Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MPH

  Professor
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD

  Professor
  University of Colorado & VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System
  Denver, Colorado

  Presentation Slides Handouts Presentation + Audio
• 

  Jennifer Brach, PT, PhD, FAPTA

  Professor
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Presentation Slides
• 

  Sarah Szanton, PhD, FAAN, ANP

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland

  Presentation Slides

Geriatric rehabilitative care is advocated as a means of secondary preventative care for older patients, optimizing recovery from illness and preventing further functional decline. This presentation will highlight the experience of four successful research groups developing new models of preventative rehabilitative care targeting older patients. Each group’s work is at varying stages of development and will highlight challenges and opportunities with bridging the translational gap between research and clinical care.     

Learning Objectives:

• describe four innovative approaches to preventative rehabilitative care for older adults across the care continuum
• Describe challenges to navigating the translation gap from geriatric research to clinical practice
• Identify innovative approaches to bridging the challenges encountered when translating research into clinical care