The “Geriatric” Amputee

The geriatric amputee.

1 Chief, Orthopaedic Service, Veterans Administration Center, Wilshire and Sawtelle Blvds., Los Angeles, Calif. 90073. The geriatric amputee not infrequently suffers from debilitating diseases other than the one which caused his amputation. These affect his prognosis for life, for retention of his other leg, his ability to use a prosthesis, the performance of activities of daily living, his par...

The Geriatric Amputee

The problem of the geriatric amputee.

Some considerations in management of the above-knee geriatric amputee.

1 School of Medicine, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla. 33152. The gradual increase in the life span of people in the developed countries of the world has resulted in a tremendous increase in the number of amputees in the older age, or "geriatric," group. A survey by Glattly in 1962 (4) showed that approximately 52 per cent of all amputees fitted with prostheses for th...

Crochet aid for the amputee.

I n the rehal,ilitation 01.-physically disabled people, occupational therapy often stresses the development of leisure activities The prosthetic literature includes several adaptations developed for the amputee individual involved in the leisure pursuits of sports and musical activities 0-4) This paper discusses a crochet aid developed for a woman whose left (nondominant) hand was amputated bel...