Aging, Functioning, and Rehabilitation: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Board on Health Care Services, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division

With recent medical, technological, and socioeconomic developments, people are living longer. The rising average age of the world's population presents an opportunity to develop health policy that prioritizes functioning as a goal of healthy aging. In February 2024, the National Academies convened a hybrid workshop at the University of Lucerne in Switzerland to host a discussion focused on the World Health Organization's concept of functioning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309718880
• ISBN13: 9780309718882
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 106 Pages