title: [Increasing life expectancy: adding quality of life to those years].
abstract: Demographic changes are a challenge for the health care system. Based on three case reports, the potential for improving preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care in older persons is presented. The article discusses the method of multidimensional geriatric assessment.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Geriatrie-Rehabilitation, Zieglerspital, Bern.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stuck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000639:trends*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Steigende Lebenserwartung: Den Jahren Leben geben.