Cognitive Reserve & Frailty Reversal: What It Means for Your Treatment Plan

Podcast: MMOA Podcast - Physical Therapy | Fitness | Geriatrics · Institute of Clinical Excellence - Older Adult Division

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

Your pre-frail patients are your biggest opportunity, and their brain may be the variable you're missing. In this episode, Dustin Jones (Lead Faculty, MMOA) breaks down a new BMC Geriatrics study that followed 13,000 community-dwelling older adults for six years, and what it means for your plan of care on Monday. What you'll learn: ✅ What cognitive reserve is (and how it mirrors physical reserve) ✅ How higher cognitive reserve lowers the risk of progressing toward frailty ✅ Why pre-frail patients are the most responsive window you'll get ✅ 4 ways to bake cognitive demand into exercises you alre...