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Safe mobility for older people

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2000

Desmond O’Neill
Desmond O’Neill
Affiliation:
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract

Driving: a new geriatric giant?

Over the last fifty years geriatric medicine has promoted the concept that functional loss in older people is primarily a health issue. For a major loss of function, such as incontinence or immobility, we recognize the need for detection, investigation and treatment. The diagnostic / therapeutic / rehabilitation paradigm takes precedence over the prosthetic approach. Not only do we appreciate the benefits of an interdisciplinary assessment, but we are also accustomed to estimating risk and competence when making decisions about discharging frail older people back to their home environment.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 2000 , pp. 181 - 191
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2000

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