The assessment of frailty in older people in acute care

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Hilmer, Sarah N ^a,b   Perera, Vidya ^a,b   Mitchell, Sarah ^a,b   Murnion, Bridin P ^a,b   Dent, Jonathan ^a   Bajorek, Beata ^a,c   Matthews, Slade ^b   Rolfson, Darryl B ^d  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Acute illness; Aged; Frailty; Geriatric medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 70350654805     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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