Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: A protocol for a scoping review of the literature and international policies

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Puts, Martine T E ^a   Toubasi, Samar ^a   Atkinson, Esther ^b   Ayala, Ana Patricia ^a   Andrew, Melissa ^c   Ashe, Maureen C ^d   Bergman, Howard ^e   Ploeg, Jenny ^f   McGilton, Katherine S ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MODEL; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; AGING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84960369408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010959     Document Type: Article

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