Driving: a new geriatric giant? This review addresses the complex challenges of ensuring safe mobility for older people, particularly focusing on driving. The review highlights the shift towards recognizing functional loss in older adults as a health issue requiring detection, investigation, and treatment, rather than solely relying on prosthetic approaches. The traditional diagnostic/therapeutic/rehabilitation paradigm is emphasized over prosthetic solutions. The assessment of risk and competence when discharging frail older people to their home environments is recognized as a critical aspect of geriatric medicine. This shift aims to maximize functional independence while ensuring safety. This approach to maintaining mobility prioritizes patient-centered care and the integration of interdisciplinary assessments to ensure safe transitions back to the home environment. Future research should focus on developing comprehensive and adaptive strategies for managing mobility challenges in an aging population.
This perspective on safe mobility for older people, published in Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, aligns with the journal’s focus on geriatric medicine and aging-related health issues. By emphasizing the need for detection, investigation, and treatment of functional loss, the review underscores the importance of clinical approaches in geriatric care. It focuses on risk and competence.
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| Medicine: Medicine (General) | 1 |
| Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Geriatrics | 1 |