Get Ready for Falls Prevention Awareness Week
Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 18-22, 2023. Get ready with our tool kit!
Events and Education
Journal CLub
Next: September 19
Discussion: Rapid Inhibition Accuracy and Leg Strength to Recover Balance
Earn .15 CEUs
Balance & Fall Prevention Credential
Course 1: October 6-8
Atlanta, Georgia
Gain expertise in the science of balance and aspects of fall prevention, particularly for community-dwelling older adults.
CERTIFIED EXERCISE EXPERT FOR AGING ADULTS (CEEAA)
Various Dates
and Locations in 2023
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Salem, Oregon
Palmyra, Virginia
GeriNotes
The Official E-magazine of
APTA Geriatrics
Academy news and geriatric physical therapy-focused content. Published 5 times a year. Download recent and archived issues.
Diabetes Education for Aging Adults: How Physical therapists can help?
Webinar: September 12
Earn .15 CEUs
Download the FREE Cognitive/Mental Health Toolkit
quick screening tools for individuals demonstrating cognitive deficits
Who We Are
We are committed to building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to optimize the experience of aging.
Geriatrics is a rapidly growing specialty in physical therapy. APTA Geriatrics, An Academy of the American Physical Therapy Association, supports those therapists, assistants, and students who work with an ageing population in roles of advocacy, direct patient care, consultation, supervision, and education. The Academy was formed in 1978 to address the needs of the physical therapy practitioner working with the ageing client. Today, it represents and serves over 5,500 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and other health care providers interested in the area of geriatric physical therapy.
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