Bright Future for Humanity - Super aged Community: Role for Community Based and Primary Rehabilitation Care in ISPRM 2019

In last 4 years a large group of colleagues from Japan and other different Countries worked together around these points to find common indications to face the problem of increasing number of disabled and old people who need Medical Rehabilitation in relation with efficacy/effectiveness , financial and time sustainability ,accessibility to be guaranteed to Persons and Governments.
First promoter was Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy and its Founder Prof. Takizawa starting from their experiences in rehabilitation in Japan (a surely super-aged Country ) .
Personal and motivated involvement in recovery of Functioning for patient ,family and care-givers, suitable programmes of cares and follow-up , simple devices, large network in the Community involving other professionals not only health aiming also to modify as necessary the environment, PM&R Leadership for evaluations and decisions from acute phases up to long term conditions.
All these points have value both in developed and in developing Countries, regarding different economic conditions and different Health Services conditions; the role for Community Services, for personal active commitment to reach health and autonomy is growing at any level. The matter connects with the questions about the future meaning and organization of Community and Primary Rehabilitation cares in different Countries (super-aged too ).
These are our key-points discussed in international Meetings ( Italy, Switzerland, Poland ) and publications ; now Kobe Congress could be surely the best place (not only because the Japanese contribution ) to share these ideas and to involve many other colleagues

Best wishes to IBRC2026.

Yoshiko Morita
Rehabilitation Medicine Dept.
Sato Hospital
March 31, 2026