Patients with frailty experience substantial physical and emotional distress related to their
condition and face increased morbidity and mortality compared with their nonfrail peers …

Background: The number of older people living and dying with frailty is rising, but our
understanding of their end-of-life care needs is limited. Aim: To synthesise evidence on the …

Frailty in older adults is conceptualized by clinicians as a progressive, physiologic process
marked by declines in function and physiologic reserves as well as increased vulnerability to …

Chronological age alone does not determine the vulnerability or frailty of an older adult.
Frailty can, however, profoundly affect the quality of an older adult's life. Frail adults could …

Frailty is a multidimensional state related to accumulation of age‐and disease‐related
deficits across multiple domains. Older people represent the fastest growing segment of the …

Objective: Frailty is a clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability common in
critical medicine. When underrecognized, it may lead to invasive treatments that do not …

Frailty has important implications for the care needs of older adults and how those needs are
met. By recognizing frailty and measuring it objectively, clinicians can better engage patients …

Perioperative management of older adults is a complex field that is heavily influenced by the
clinical heterogeneity of older adults. Frailty—a geriatric syndrome in which a patient is more …

Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by decreased reserve and diminished
resistance to stressors. People with frailty are vulnerable to stressors, and exposure to the …

Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by
anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering when “curative” therapies are futile. In the …