Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology: Workshop Summary

by Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Research Council, et al.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education (IOM, 1978) raised national awareness of the challenges to physicians posed by the aging of the U.S. population. Thirty years later, Retooling for an Aging America highlighted concerns for the entire health care workforce in view of the aging of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309285178
• ISBN13: 9780309285179
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"