Amputee Coalition of America

Amputee Coalition of America

Publications

Senior Step
A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss

A resource guide for older adult amputees and their caregivers. Whether you are aging with limb loss or a new amputee, a caregiver, or a service provider, you will find something within the pages of this publication to inform, inspire or motivate you.

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Table of Contents

• Coping With Aging and Amputation: How Changing the Way You Think Could Change Your Health
• One Step at a Time: Recovering From Limb Loss (handout)
• Getting By With a Little Help From Our Friends: Resources for Recovery (handout)
• Dealing With Grief and Depression
• Coping With Amputation: Is It Grief or Depression? (handout)
• Pain Management and the Amputee
• What You Need to Know About Pain Medications (handout)
• Alternative Pain Management Therapies (handout)
• Pain Resources
• What Happened to Your Leg, Grandma?
• When a Grandparent Loses a Limb: Helping Children Cope (handout)
• You and Your Prosthetist: Making the Relationship Count
• To Wear or Not to Wear… A Lower-Limb Prosthesis
• Older Adults Can Thrive as Prosthesis Users
• Young at Heart (handout)
• Tips for Skin and Socket Care
• Avoiding Injury: Safety Tips for Seniors With Amputations
• Before You Fall: Tips for Preventing Falls in the Home (handout)
• Assistive Devices: Restoring the Comforts of Home (handout)
• Choosing an Assisted Care Facility
• Weigh to Go: Weight Control for Amputees
• Weighing Your Options for Weight Loss (handout)
• Keep Moving: Exercises for People With Lower-Extremity Amputations (handout)
• Keep Moving: Advanced Exercises for People With Lower-Extremity Amputations
• Questions About Blood Pressure (handout)
• Vascular Disease (handout)
• Saving Your Other Limb
• Who Cares for Caregivers?
• Other Caregiver Resources
• Resources for Seniors With Limb Differences and Their Caregivers (handout)
• Caregiving Tips: Journaling
• The Special Needs of Geriatric Patients in O&P
• The Team Approach to Amputee Rehabilitation
• Annotated Bibliography