Treating Frailty For What It Is A Medical Condition

Treating frailty-a practical guide | BMC Medicine | Full Text

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Frailty is a common syndrome that is associated with vulnerability to poor health outcomes. Frail older people have increased risk of morbidity, institutionalization and death, resulting in burden to individuals, their families, health care services and society. …

Managing frailty as a long-term condition | Age and …

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Treating frailty for what it is — a medical condition

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There have always been frail people, but only in recent years has the term "frailty" become a medical diagnosis, defined by specific symptoms and increasingly …

Frailty is a medical condition, not an inevitable result of …

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Frailty is a medical condition, not an inevitable result of ageing Frailty is a medical condition, not an inevitable result of ageing 07 August 2019 Frailty is not …

Frailty | Older people | Royal College of Nursing

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Frailty is a slowly progressing complex clinical syndrome that can be identified at an early stage. There are interventions that can slow decline and prevent crises. Nurses should …

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Frailty: why is it important. Definition: a state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homoeostasis after a stressor event. Condition associated with increased risk of deterioration: …

Frailty Is a Medical Condition, Not an Inevitable Result of …

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Frail people usually suffer from three or more of five symptoms that often travel together. These include unintentional weight loss (10 or more pounds within the …

Frailty: What Is It? - PubMed

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Shifting to a construct as frailty to biologically define the perimeter of action for geriatric medicine will probably concur at modernizing the old way of practicing medicine. In this …

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In medicine, frailty defines the group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, admission to hospital, or the need for long-term …

Treating frailty for what it is – a medical condition

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Treating frailty for what it is – a medical condition