Description of 1, 108 older patients referred by their physician to the "Geriatric Frailty clinic (G.F.C) for assessment of frailty and prevention of disability" at the gerontopole

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 457-464

  Tavassoli, Neda ^a   Guyonnet, S ^a,b   Van Kan, G Abellan ^a,b   Sourdet, S ^a,b   Krams, T ^a   Soto, M E ^a,b   Subra, J ^c   Chicoulaa, B ^c   Ghisolfi, A ^a   Balardy, L ^a   Cestac, P ^a,b   Rolland, Y ^a,b   Andrieu, S ^b,d   Nourhashemi, F ^a,b   Oustric, S ^a,b,c   Cesari, M ^a,b   Vellas, B ^a,b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c University of Medicine   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Frailty; Multidisciplinary assessment; Pre disability; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC FRAILTY CLINIC; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INSTRUMENTAL DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SOCIAL CARE; WALKING SPEED; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GAIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84903159797     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0462-z     Document Type: Article

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