In this chapter, we consider how health and social care can best be organized for older
people with frailty. We will consider the merits of routine frailty identification, including risk …

Background: It is common, the difficulty among health professionals to recognize the frailty
syndrome, multisystemic disease responsible for the physical, cognitive and functional …

Frailty has been linked to longer hospital stays and increased mortality in hospitalized
patients. Frailty was found at the most common condition leading to death, followed by organ …

Frailty as a concept has been around in medical practice for many years but has only
relatively recently been established as a medical syndrome. Although frailty is not …

The majority of deaths in the United States occur in the geriatric population. These older
adults often develop multiple chronic medical problems and endure complicated medical …

Although older persons are living longer and more active lives, it is inevitable that advancing
age will be accompanied by a growing risk for chronic conditions that increase morbidity and …

Frailty, which is a geriatric syndrome that affects 5% to 17% of older adults, is a state of
increased vulnerability across multiple health domains that leads to adverse health …

In addition to focusing on direct patient care, this journal addresses the policies and
institutional barriers, as well as health inequities that impact palliative care delivery to older …

Traditionally, health care providers have had difficulty discussing nonaggressive options of
care with their patients because it is often associated with giving up. In particular, physicians …