An Expansive View of the Relationship Between Meaningful Activities and Health: A Call to Action

Internal medicine research and related fields are embarking on the examination of engagement in meaningful activities among adults and older adults with disabilities. Recent examples have concluded that older adults with disabilities had lower rates of engagement in meaningful activities than those without disabilities, but that engagement is still possible and important.1,2 These recent articles expose the need for a more expansive view of the relationship between meaningful activities and health and illustrate the great potential for synergistic collaborations between internal medicine and rehabilitation researchers.