What do we know about frailty in the acute care setting? A scoping review

What do we know about frailty in the acute care setting? A scoping review

Abstract Background The ability of acute care providers to cope with the influx of frail older patients is increasingly stressed, and changes need to be made to improve care provided to older adults. Our purpose was to conduct a scoping review to map and synthesize the literature addressing frailty...

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Main Authors: Olga Theou, Emma Squires, Kayla Mallery, Jacques S. Lee, Sherri Fay, Judah Goldstein, Joshua J. Armstrong, Kenneth Rockwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Frail elderly
Frailty
Aging
Acute care
Older adults
Scoping review
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0823-2

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