English The identification of frail older persons is a public health priority. Frailty is defined as
an extreme vulnerability of the organism to endogenous and exogenous stressors, a …

The ageing of the population is one of the most pressing policy issues in the 21st century.
Life expectancy at birth has increased during the last decades as a consequence of new …

Frailty in the older population is a clinical syndrome which evaluate a risk level. The Frailty
syndrome defines a reduction of the adaptation capacity to a stress. It can be modulated by …

The concept of frailty is frequently mentioned in studies related to the elderly population.
Frailty in the elderly is considered a relevant dimension of quality of life. The concept of …

Frailty is a new concept emerging from the necessity of characterizing older people with an
increased vulnerability to developing adverse outcomes. It is the main risk factor for …

Frailty syndrome defines the elderly population with chronic health care problems loosing
the physical efficiency. It is a physiological syndrome consisted of the diminishing physical …

The term “frailty” is used loosely to describe a range of conditions in older people, including
general debility and cognitive impairment. There is no clear consensus on the definition of …

Over the past decades, a progressive and exponential aging of the population has been
observed. In particular, an absolute e relative increase of old and very old persons is also …

Prior to a more formal conceptualization of frailty using the frailty phenotype [1] and the
deficit accumulation model [6], the notion of frailty in older adults was progressively …

Soon after I was appointed a geriatrician in London in 1984, we had the opportunity to
design a new NHS nursing home. This was to replace a crumbling nineteenth century …