Young-old and old-old motivation in cooperative fall-prevention programmes
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Young-old and old-old motivation in cooperative fall-prevention programmes.
SIR—The quantum and tempo of ageing in Japanese society are dramatic, particularly in rural, depopulated areas [1]. The fiscal pressure of long-term care costs and the shortage of health care resources have been so severe in these areas that they have stimulated the consolidation of small municipalities, which carry responsibility for public health and welfare programmes into larger units. This...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh224