The association between frailty and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older individuals: an umbrella review

ARMS Ekram, RL Woods, C Britt, S Espinoza… - The Journal of frailty & …, 2021 - Springer
Frailty is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, including mortality. Several
methods have been used to characterize frailty, each based on different frailty scales. These …

A hybrid concept analysis of Frailty among older adults living in the community

X Fan, Y Li, L Xu, C Li, R Song - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To analyse the concept of frailty through a literature review and in‐depth interviews.
Design A hybrid model of concept analysis. Methods The theoretical phase identified 43 …

Interaction effects of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse health outcomes in elderly hospitalised patients

S Lujic, DA Randall, JM Simpson, MO Falster… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We quantified the interaction of multimorbidity and frailty and their impact on adverse health
outcomes in the hospital setting. Using aretrospective cohort study of persons aged≥ 75 …

The prevalence, trends and determinants of mental health disorders in older Australians living in permanent residential aged care: implications for policy and quality of …

AT Amare, GE Caughey, C Whitehead… - Australian & New …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Mental health disorders are a major health concern in older people and are
associated with a higher risk of disability, frailty and early mortality. This study aimed to …

Factors associated with success in transition care services among older people in Australia

M Cations, C Lang, M Crotty, S Wesselingh… - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Australian Transition Care Program (TCP) is a national
intermediate care service aiming to optimise functional independence and delay entry to …

Predictors of hospitalisations and emergency department presentations shortly after entering a residential aged care facility in Australia: a retrospective cohort study

MC Inacio, RN Jorissen, S Wesselingh, JK Sluggett… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To:(1) examine the 90-day incidence of unplanned hospitalisation and
emergency department (ED) presentations after residential aged care facility (RACF) …

Government-subsidised mental health services are underused in Australian residential aged care facilities

M Cations, LR Collier, G Caughey… - Australian Health …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Objective To describe patterns of use of the available Government-subsidised mental health
services among people living in Australian residential aged care facilities. Methods A …

Economic burden of frailty in older adults accessing community‐based aged care services in Australia

B Toson, LC Edney, H Haji Ali Afzali… - Geriatrics & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To explore the utilization of permanent residential aged care (PRAC), healthcare costs,
and mortality for frail compared with non‐frail individuals following their first assessment by …

Predictors of short‐term hospitalization and emergency department presentations in aged care

MC Inacio, RN Jorissen, J Khadka… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine individual, medication, system, and healthcare related predictors of
hospitalization and emergency department (ED) presentation within 90 days of entering the …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality prediction models for community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review

CJC Exmann, ECM Kooijmans, KJ Joling… - Ageing research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction As complexity and comorbidities increase with age, the increasing number of
community-dwelling older adults poses a challenge to healthcare professionals in making …