How should we grade frailty in nursing home patients?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 595-603

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   Abeysundera, Melanie Joan ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; comorbidity; Frailty; frailty index; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE DEMENTIA; WEAKNESS;

EID: 35848937991     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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