Older people are a core client group for occupational therapists, and this dedicated volume introduces the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning and contextualises the terminology used in the classification.

Perspectives of ageing / Anne McIntyre -- The social context of older people / Frances Reynolds and Kee Hean Lim -- Policy development and implications for occupational therapy practice / Margaret Gallagher -- Health conditions and active ageing / Melanie Manley [and others] -- The ageing body : body functions and structures : part 1 / Stephen Ashford and Anne McIntyre -- The ageing body : body functions and structures : part 2 / Linda Gnanasekaran -- Occupation and successful ageing : activity and participation / Anne McIntyre -- Environmental impacts, products and technology / Anita Atwal [and others].