Both frailty (reduced physiological reserve) and social vulnerability (scarcity of adequate
social connections, support, or interaction) become more common as people age and are …

Aim To enable easy assessment of oral frailty; that is, an overlapping slight decline in
multifaceted oral function, in any setting, we developed the oral frailty five‐item checklist (OF …

Community re-designs for healthy longevity: Japan and Taiwan examples Community re-designs
for healthy longevity: Japan and Taiwan examples Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 Jan:104:104875 …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between subjective
built environment and the onset of frailty in older adults living in the community. In addition …

Objectives This study aimed to determine the longitudinal associations of the coexistence of
frailty and depressive symptoms with mortality among older adults. Methods The study …

Abstract Background/Objectives Since dementia and frailty lead to a reduced quality of life
and risk of needing long-term care in the older adults, we hypothesized that evaluations …

Purpose Frailty was indicated to be closely related to older adults' lifestyles, especially in
nutrition-related factors (such as balanced diet and oral functions), physical factors, and …

Objectives Preserving sufficient oral function and maintaining adequate nutrition are
essential for preventing physical frailty and the following long-term care. We recently …

Muscle atrophy is one of the main causes of sarcopenia—the age-related loss of skeletal
muscle. In this study, we investigated the effect of turmeric (Curcuma longa) extract (TE) …

Background Engagement in non-exercise physical activities (NEPA) has a significant
correlation with health. This study aimed to compare the impact of moderate-to-vigorous …