Doctor of Physical Therapy, Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist
Geriatric Physical Therapy Thought Leader
• President, Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy (APTA Geriatrics)

• Past President, Delaware Physical Therapy Association (APTA Delaware)

• Additional appointed or elected positions in
o American Physical Therapy Association
o APTA Geriatrics
o APTA Delaware

• Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association

• Additional awards including:
o Marilyn Moffat Leadership Award (APTA)
o Joe Lucca Service Award (APTA Delaware)
o Lucy Blair Service Award (APTA)
o Joan Mills Award (APTA Geriatrics)
o Clinical Educators Award (APTA Geriatrics)

• Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist since 1996

• Certified Dementia Practitioner, Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Trainer

• 32 years clinical and academic teaching experience
o Former faculty University of Delaware, Department of Physical Therapy
o Former Instructor/ Guest Lecturer/Lab Instructor at multiple universities including: Drexel University, Temple University, AT Still University/Arizona School of Health Sciences, Widener University, Rocky Mountain University

• National speaker
o Dementia
o Exercise for aging adults
o Falls and fall risk mediation
o Person-Centered Care

• Author:
o Ciolek CH, Lee SY. (2019) “Cognitive Issues in the Older Adult”. Guccione's Geriatric Physical Therapy, Elsevier, St. Louis, MO.
o Ciolek CH (2016) “Restraint Assessment” and “The Older Adult With Multiple Comorbidities”. Geriatric Physical Therapy; A Case Study Approach, McGraw Hill, New York, NY.

Specialties

• Physical Therapy
• Geriatrics

Subpecialties

• Falls
• Nursing Homes
• Dementia
• Functional Decline
• Person-Centered Care
• Standards of Care
• Goals of Care
• Long Term Care
• Continuing Care Retirement Communities
• Resident Rights
• Independent Living
• Transfers
• Restraints
• Safety
• Anti-psychotics
• Home Health
• Exercise
• Pain