Abstract Objective To develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the screening, assessment
and management of the geriatric condition of frailty. Methods An adapted Grading of …

Objective To analyze and determine the comparative effectiveness of interventions targeting
frailty prevention or treatment on frailty as a primary outcome and quality of life, cognition …

Background Over the past two decades, there has been a substantial growth in the body of
literature on frailty in older persons. However, there is no consensus on its definition or the …

Older people are majority users of health and social care services in the UK and
internationally. Many older people who access these services have frailty, which is a state of …

Objective The task force of the International Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia Research
(ICFSR) developed these clinical practice guidelines to overview the current evidence-base …

This review was informed by clinical experience, best practice guidelines and literature
review. We searched PubMed using combinations of the following terms:“frail …

1. Geriatric Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; 2.
Torrens University of Australia, Adelaide and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne …

While most clinicians believe they can recognize a frail older person, there is a lack of
consensus as to what defines frailty and how it should be diagnosed clinically. 1, 2 For this …

Although the field of frailty research has expanded rapidly, it is still a nascent concept within
the clinical specialties. Frailty, conceptualized as greater vulnerability to stressors because …

The absolute and relative increases in the number of older persons are evident worldwide,
from the most developed countries to the lowest-income regions. Multimorbidity and need for …