title: [Preventive medicine and care for the elderly population in the super-aged society].
abstract: Prevention, particularly with regard to older people, has assumed increasing importance in policy in recent years. Prevention not only focuses on diseases but also on the geriatric syndrome and frailty must be crucial for the well-being of older people in the super-aged society. The preventive services aim to sustain independent living among those who are vulnerable and the preventive strategies should be supported by an evidence base that links risk factors with particular conditions and interventions to reduce risk and ameliorate the impact of illness and impairments. However, due to the heterogeneity of this population and a paucity of research on this field, it is difficult to make universal recommendations for the preventive services for the older people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuzuya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors