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A New Informatics: Trajectory Patterns in Health Indexes for Japanese Elders and Systemic Change to Life Course Approach

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This chapter discusses intrinsic capacity and functional ability in relation to the framework described in the World Health Organization World Report on Aging and Health. We have investigated health-related trajectories in community-dwelling Japanese older adults. Using data and information from the super-aged society of Japan, the author developed a framework of policy and informatics of healthy ageing that can be applied to ageing societies worldwide. This framework applies to multiple entities, including communities, hospitals, nursing homes, and countries. Translationality is the fundamental basis for the transition away from the existing system.

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  1. Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan

    Yu Taniguchi

  2. Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yu Taniguchi

  3. Graduate School of Informatics, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Chiba–shi, Japan

    Hironobu Matsushita

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Taniguchi, Y., Matsushita, H. (2021). A New Informatics: Trajectory Patterns in Health Indexes for Japanese Elders and Systemic Change to Life Course Approach. In: Matsushita, H. (eds) Health Informatics. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 24. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3781-3_4

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