A im: The main purpose of this article is to present the main assumptions of the
FRAILTOOLS project and the characteristics of the recruitment process in the Polish part of …

A–study design, B–data Collection, C–statistical analysis, D–data interpretation, E–
Manuscript Preparation, F–literature search, G–Funds Collection over the last several …

Concepts of frailty sit at the heart of much current discourse about how we deliver and
develop services for vulnerable older people. Yet the word frail is used variably and …

Aim In the present study, we aimed to update the data of frailty status in the European
community‐dwelling population of older adults, based on the latest data released (wave 6) …

The initial excitement over the concept of frailty arose from the prospect of being able to
identify an “invisible” vulnerable subgroup of the older population that were functionally …

The concept of frailty has been developed from a physiological approach to an in tegrated
healthrelated concept [3]. Gob bens et al.[11] identified five criteria that should be included …

There is no single way of ageing, but different types of ageotypes have been identified.
Frailty is the most problematic expression of the ageing population. The understanding of …

Background Knowledge about frailty among patients seen by general practitioners (GP) is
currently limited. Patients and methods Frailty assessment by the criteria of Fried and …

Geriatrics is an applied science as its practice is an art of medicine. As a scientific discipline,
there exists a potential race for measurements. Frailty stands as among poorly defined …

The term “frail elderly” was first introduced by the US Federal Council on Aging under the
leadership of Monsignor Charles F. Fahey in the early 1970s [1]. However, until the early …