Background: frailty is a state of vulnerability to adverse outcomes. Routine identification of
frailty is recommended in international guidance. This systematic review investigates the …

An operational definition of frailty is important for clinical care, research, and policy planning.
The literature on the clinical definitions, screening tools, and severity measures of frailty …

BACKGROUND:: As more and more cancers occur in elderly people, oncologists are
increasingly confronted with the necessity of integrating geriatric parameters in the treatment …

Many comprehensive rating scales have been developed to assess disabilities. These
assessments, which require significant amounts of time, are usually performed by trained …

Frailty is a state that encompasses losses in physical, psychological or social domains.
Therefore, frail people demonstrate a reduced potential to manage external stressors and to …

The way frailty is conceptualised and interpreted has profound implications for social
responses, care practice and the personal experience of care. This paper begins with an …

Objective To determine the subsequent pattern of emergency admissions in older people
with a history of frequent emergency admissions. Design Analysis of routine admissions …

Background Frailty is a relatively new geriatric concept referring to an increased vulnerability
to stressors. Various definitions have been proposed, as well as a range of multidimensional …

Background Two primary objectives when caring for older adults are to slow the decline to a
worsened frailty state and to prevent disability. Telemedicine may be one method of …

Given the progressive aging of Italian and European populations, the number of cases with
chronic diseases is steeply increasing. This calls for new strategies for health resource …