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Background: Decline in physical functioning due to aging necessitates geriatric physiotherapy role to improve well-being and quality of life.Aims: To examine the approaches adopted in the physiotherapy care of older adults, the facilitating and the limiting factors to geriatric physiotherapy care in southeast Nigeria. Material and methods:This evaluative qualitative research explored the situation of the geriatric care of older adults in southeast Nigeria using face-to-face interviews of purposefully selected 8 physiotherapists and 8 caregivers.Data obtained were analyzed using thematic analysis.Results: Three major themes emerged, including an overview, approaches, and factors influencing geriatric physiotherapy care.This study supported that geriatric physiotherapy care in Nigeria is at its developing stage.However, it is thriving due to the committed efforts of the physiotherapy department leadership and the presence of a continued professional development program.On the other hand, there are delimiting factors like long waiting times, limited working space and tools, the overwhelming cost of the care, and physiotherapists' dissatisfaction with a late referral from other care professionals.
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