Best practice guidelines for the management of frailty: A British Geriatrics Society, Age UK and Royal College of General Practitioners report

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 744-747

  Turner, Gill ^a   Clegg, Andrew ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice guidelines; Frailty; Older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING SPEED; AGE; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE TEST; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BENCHMARKING; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84911432426     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu138     Document Type: Article

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