Geriatric Rehabilitation

WashU Medicine Physical Therapy provides comprehensive care tailored to the needs of aging adults, aiming to enhance overall mobility, function, and participation.

Overview

Common challenges facing aging adults include decreased balance, strength, endurance, and joint movement. These factors, combined with multiple health conditions, medications, memory impairments, vision changes, or bone health issues, can increase the risk of falls.

Our interdisciplinary team of physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs), and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide on-on-one care and work with you to create a unique treatment plan based on your needs. Additionally, we have a full-time social worker available to assist with counseling and accessing various resources throughout the community.  

Your Visit Includes:

• Individualized Evaluation: Personalized assessment to determine your needs and create a tailored treatment plan.
• Functional Restoration: Techniques to restore function or compensate, ensuring safe and independent activity, and plan and design rehabilitation and exercise programs.
• Adaptive Equipment: Evaluation and recommendations for bracing, adaptive equipment, or assistive devices.
• Safety Monitoring: Continuous monitoring of vital signs to ensure safe treatment.

Our Approach:

Our therapists exclusively provide one-on-one care to support your recovery and adapt our treatments to your evolving needs. Our therapists design comprehensive and individualized rehabilitation plans, utilizing evidence-based practices to help you regain optimal function.

Every WashU Medicine physical therapist holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree, with many having board-specialist certifications in specific areas of practice. Our clinicians are trusted experts in evaluating and treating neurologic conditions and are committed to providing comprehensive and compassionate care.