Operationalizing frailty among older residents of assisted living facilities

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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Main Authors: Patten Scott B, Schmaltz Heidi N, Strain Laurel A, Hogan David B, Freiheit Elizabeth A, Eliasziw Misha, Maxwell Colleen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/11/23

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