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Aging, Functioning, and Rehabilitation
Contributors
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Board on Global Health; Editors: Allison Boman, Rapporteur, Adrienne Formentos, Rapporteur, and Ruth Cooper, Rapporteur.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. Speakers paid particular focus to healthy aging and the future of rehabilitation as a health strategy. Experts emphasized that the need for rehabilitation is increasing due to rapid population aging accompanied by a rise in physical and mental health conditions, limitations, and injuries. The associated economic and practical obstacles of optimizing functioning across the life course were also discussed.
Contents
- The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
- PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR AGING, FUNCTIONING, AND REHABILIATION: A WORKSHOP
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Proceedings of a Workshop
- WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
- FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
- FUNCTIONING AND REHABILITATION FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY
- MAKING A COMPELLING INVESTMENT CASE FOR OPTIMIZING FUNCTIONING
- IMPROVING REHABILITATION IN HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AND CARE ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
- FUNCTIONING AS THE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY RESEARCH
- ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT SUPPORT HEALTHY LONGEVITY
- WRAP-UP
- REFERENCES
- Appendix A. Statement of Task
- Appendix B. Workshop Agenda
- Appendix C. Concept Notes
- Appendix D. Participant Biographical Sketches
Suggested citation:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Aging, functioning, and rehabilitation: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27763.
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/27763
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Created: July 16, 2024; Last Update: October 4, 2024.