With the aging of the population and the known economic and human costs of disability, the
prevention and amelioration of disability has become an acknowledged imperative. 1 …

The age of indifference and neglect has passed; instead, the era of the “aging” is before us.
Mounting concern and emphasis is being given to the problem of our aging population …

'When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean'. So it is with rehabilitation, except
that several definitions and explanations have been proposed. Although the similarities …

Rehabilitation has always been an integral element in the practice of the health professions.
However, since World War II it has become so defined as an identifiable process that it is …

OBJECTIVES: To provide a clinically useful conceptual framework for the evaluation and
treatment of disability in older persons, to review the rehabilitation of common conditions …

The growth and direction of any medical specialty is often shaped by the caliber of literature
produced by its faithful. Research developments, patient care innovations, and emerging …

G ERIATRiC rehabilitationdeals with the restoration of function and health V1tothe elderly
disabled by complications of chronic disease. Disabling episodes become more frequent …

Research in rehabilitation has recently received increased interest at the national level.
There is pressing need for research in geriatrics that focuses on rehabilitation interventions …

HE “Graying of America” has intensified public interest in the field of rehabilitation." By now
the basic demo-graphic facts are well known. In 1980, 25.5 million people (11% of the …

With advances in acute medicine and health care, more people remain alive with greater
residual disability and more people are living longer with the concomitant disabilities of …