One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing
society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare …

Frailty is a dynamic process in which there is a reduction in the physical, psychological
and/or social function associated with aging. The aim of this study was to identify instruments …

Objective The task force of the International Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia Research
(ICFSR) developed these clinical practice guidelines to overview the current evidence-base …

Abstract The new ICD‐10‐CM (M62. 84) code for sarcopenia represents a major step
forward in recognizing sarcopenia as a disease. This should lead to an increase in …

Abstract Objective To develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the screening, assessment
and management of the geriatric condition of frailty. Methods An adapted Grading of …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The concept of frailty has become increasingly
recognized as one of the most important issues in health care and health outcomes and is of …

Aims Frailty is a complex geriatric syndrome resulting in decreased physiological reserves.
Frailty and polypharmacy are common in older adults and the focus of extensive studies …

Objective To systematically assess the prevalence of frailty, including prefrailty, stratified
prevalence according to frailty criteria, gender, age, and region, and the risk factors for frailty …

1. Geriatric Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; 2.
Torrens University of Australia, Adelaide and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne …

Objective The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the pooled
prevalence of cognitive frailty among community-dwelling older adults and provide evidence …