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Career Transitioning Advice for Aging PTs

How do physical therapists in their 50s, 60s, and 70s continue to work in such a physically demanding profession?

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Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Author: Chris Hayhurst

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  1. Physical Therapist Member Demographic Profile. American Physical Therapy Association. March 11, 2014. www.apta.org/WorkforceData/DemographicProfile/PTMember/. Accessed January 2, 2018.
  2. Ortman JM, Velkoff VA, Hogan H. An Aging Nation: The Older Population in the United States. US Census Department. May 2014. www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf. Accessed January 2, 2018.
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Date: March 1, 2018
Contact:  aptamag@apta.org
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