Community-based rehabilitation: better quality of life for older rural people with disabilities.
This article describes various categories of disability occurring in old age and goals that rehabilitation aims to achieve. It suggests that in rural areas these goals could be attained through application of rehabilitation care on a community level, provision of appropriate assistive technology and adaptation of the immediate environment.
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Fleischman Unit for the Study of Disability, Loewenstein Hospital-Rehabilitation Center, Raanana, Israel. eldrub@netvision.net.il
D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000600:supply & distribution