The contributon of prevention for health in old age - perspectice for adult education
Andreas Kruse
After presenting a multidisicplinary definition of ageing this contribution focusses on the significant contributon of educational programmes to prevention. The WHO’s health model – which is interpreting the individual’s activities as a key element of health – serves as a starting point for delineating the demands of prevention for old age and in old age These demands are specified and empirically based. Finally the contribution explains the model of compression of morbidity which shows that there exist preventive potentials during the whole life span.
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