Aging, Disability, and Frailty: Implications for Universal Design
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Aging, disability, and frailty: implications for universal design.
Throughout the world all populations are seeing burgeoning numbers of "elders", defined as persons aged 65 year and older. In many countries, including Japan, the United States, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, those aged over 65 are at or approaching 15% of the population. As their numbers have increased, so have their health care expenses, leading to extensive research on the health, we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1880-6791,1880-6805
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.113