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Aging, Functioning, and Rehabilitation: A Workshop

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The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health is a framework for organizing information on functioning and disability. Functioning, as a concept, constitutes a rethinking of health that goes beyond the medical model, which is focused exclusively on disability and disease. Rehabilitation professionals are key in this transformative approach. This public workshop will facilitate a discussion on the concept of functioning and its role in rethinking the concept of health, with a focus on healthy aging and the future of rehabilitation as a health strategy.

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With recent medical, technological, and socioeconomic developments, people are living longer. The rising average age of the world's population presents an opportunity to develop health policy that prioritizes functioning as a goal of healthy aging. In February 2024, the National Academies convened a...

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Arabic

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View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

Chinese

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View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

Russian

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View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

French

Highlights

View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

Spanish

Highlights

View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

English

Highlights

View the workshop Highlights in full. The Highlights are available in different languages: English Spanish French Russian Chinese Arabic

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