Medicine & Health · Geriatrics & Palliative Care
A topic within Geriatrics & Palliative Care, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Medicine & Health.
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Linda P. Fried et al.
Defines frailty as a measurable clinical syndrome — unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed and low activity — distinct from disability or ageing alone.
Ellis et al.
Pools randomised trials of comprehensive geriatric assessment in hospitalised older adults and argues that a structured, multidisciplinary assessment on admission — not just good individual clinical care — increases the odds of a patient living independently at home afterward.
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