Which Frail Older People Are Dehydrated? The UK DRIE Study

Stroke in Frail Older People

The population is ageing, with the greatest proportional increase in those >80 years of age. Many of these people will be frail and at risk of stroke. Research has shown that the very old have much to benefit from hyperacute stroke intervention, but at the same time they suffer increased mortality. Their outcome following stroke and intervention is more often predicted by the presence of frailt...

Acute hospital care for frail older people.

Reconsidering care for frail older people.

Identifying frail older people using predictive modeling.

OBJECTIVES To determine whether a designation of frailty using the Adjusted Clinical Groups-diagnoses based computerized predictive model (ACG Dx-PM) can identify an elderly population who (1) have the clinical characteristics of frailty and (2) are frail as determined by the validated Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES), and to determine the ability of these tools to predict adverse outcomes. STU...

Prescribing appropriately in frail older people

Frailty is one of the most important aspects associated with the elderly. It is defined as a state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis after a stressor event, which increases the risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, institutionalization and death. Frail older adults are more likely to have several concurrent disorders, requiring multiple treatments and hence, conside...