Frailty scales - Their potential in interprofessional working with older people: A discussion paper

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 280-286

  Poltawski, Leon ^a   Goodman, Claire ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Manthorpe, Jill ^c   Gage, Heather ^d   Shah, Dhrushita ^e   Drennan, Vari ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community care; discussion paper; Frailty; integrated working; measurement; older people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 79959481992     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2011.562332     Document Type: Article

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