Operationalizing frailty among older residents of assisted living facilities
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Frailty in later life is viewed as a state of heightened vulnerability to poor outcomes. The utility of frailty as a measure of vulnerability in the assisted living (AL) population remains unexplored. We examined the feasibility and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-05-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/11/23 |