title: [Treatment and intervention for sustaining functional activities in community-dwelling elderly people].
abstract: In order to sustain functional activities in the elderly, promotion of nursing care and preventive intervention is important in terms of successful aging and healthy longevity. In particular, reduction of falls and fall-related injuries as well as treatments of osteoporosis is necessary for keeping activities of daily living. Fall-prevention programs and interventions including exercise and nutrition are recently prevailing among community-dwelling elderly Japanese people, some of which are revealed to have beneficial effects.
authors.affiliation: The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine.
authors.forename: Sumito
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015519:Bone Density; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D