IPTOP Standards of Practice
Standards of Clinical Practice Published Part of IPTOP’s Mission Statement involves furthering its members’ ability to provide best practice physical therapy when examining/assessing and providing interventions/treatments to older people and to advocate for optimal aging. To that end, a standards of clinical practice document has arisen from a need to help members achieve the IPTOP aim of “…encouraging high standards of physical therapy practice with older people.” The Standards of Clinical Practice can be used as:
- A guide for physical therapists when promoting the needs and interests of older people in broader contexts
- Guidance for the physical therapist clinician to use during their period of clinical intervention/treatment with an older person
- As an educational tool for senior staff when teaching junior staff and students about the management of the older person