Geriatric Rehabilitation ('Alters-Rehabilitation') – The New Challenge for Social Medicine and Science

This discussion of geriatric rehabilitation stresses the importance of holistic and permanent rehabilitation with a fluent transition from the acute phase to the rehabilitation phase under one specialist's care and in one institution. Recommendations include mixed age groups in one ward; systematic education of relatives; follow-up rehabilitation services; an interdisciplinary approach; and a rational distribution of resources. (Author/DB)