Frailty is an important factor determining a higher risk of adverse health outcomes in older
adults. Although scientific community in the last two decades put a lot of effort for its …

Frailty is a common condition in older people. The epidemiological data available, however,
are mainly based on the physical frailty phenotype. An extensive literature has suggested …

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment
process that identifies medical, psychosocial, and functional capabilities of older adults to …

Objective To investigate whether polypharmacy is associated with a higher incidence of
frailty in a large cohort of North Americans during 8 years of follow-up. Design Longitudinal …

Background Frailty is a dynamic age-related condition of increased vulnerability
characterized by declines across multiple physiologic systems and associated with an …

Advancing age is the focus of recent studies on familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease
(AD), suggesting a prolonged pre-clinical phase several decades before the onset of …

Background—Multidimensional impairment of older patients may influence the clinical
outcome of diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a Multidimensional …

Abstract Background. The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) is a validated predictive
tool for long-term mortality based on information collected in a standardized Comprehensive …

Background Although a number of studies have suggested that the use of Telemonitoring
(TM) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can be useful and …

Dementia is an increasingly common disease in the aging population, and the numbers are
expected to rise exponentially in coming years. Therefore, there is a critical need to …