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

Age and Ageing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 383-392

  Puts, Martine T E ^a   Toubasi, Samar ^a   Andrew, Melissa K ^b   Ashe, Maureen C ^c   Ploeg, Jenny ^d   Atkinson, Esther ^a   Ayala, Ana Patricia ^a   Roy, Angelique ^e   Monforte, Miriam Rodríguez ^a   Bergman, Howard ^f   Mcgilton, Kathy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Interventions; Nutrition; Older people; Physical activity; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXERCISE; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JAPAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; AGE; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85019186540     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw247     Document Type: Review

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