title: [Rehabilitation and gerontology (author's transl)].
abstract: The 9th congress of the GDR Society for Rehabilitation was organized jointly with the GDR Society for Gerontology and held from 4 to 6 January 1977. The article outlines observations made at and conclusions derived from this important scientific event. Three major problems were discussed: rehabilitation of chronically ill and handicapped persons of advanced age within the working process as a task for society as a whole; the combination between gerontology and rehabilitation as a result of the change in the age and morbidity structures of economically advanced countries; beginnings and first experience in the field of gerontology-oriented rehabilitation in the GDR and recommendations made by WHO on the planning and organization of geriatric services with special consideration for rehabilitation in advanced age.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D005859:Germany, East; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012306:Risk; D012924:Social Conditions; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: Rehabilitation und Gerontologie.