Managing frailty as a long-term condition

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 732-735

  Harrison, Jennifer K ^a   Clegg, Andrew ^b   Conroy, Simon P ^a   Young, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Frailty; Long term condition; Older people

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEAKNESS; AGE; AGED; AGING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940659672     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv085     Document Type: Note

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