TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Health Promotion and Disability Prevention in Older Persons A1 - Eastman, Alexis M. A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - Increased risk of disease, disability, and death are well-known hazards of old age. While disease incidence and death are the conventional indices of a society’s health status, functional disability is perhaps the most consequential index when dealing with health in old age. This chapter defines the character and magnitude of disability in old age, reviews preventive and therapeutic approaches to specific and general causes of disability among the elderly, and examines the role of healthcare organizations in facilitating the delivery of such services. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182672475 ER -