Adverse effects of frailty on social functioning in older adults: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Hoogendijk, Emiel O.; Suanet, Bianca; Dent, Elsa; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Aartsen, Marja

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.09.002

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“…There are clear indications that frailty increases the risk of isolation [11], and therefore necessitates the commitment of services to address a difficult-to-reach group. Nevertheless, it is increasingly clear that frailty is malleable [12].…”

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Stakeholders’ views and experiences of care and interventions for addressing frailty and pre-frailty: A meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

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Frailty is a common condition in older age and is a public health concern which requires integrated care and involves different stakeholders. This meta-synthesis focuses on experiences, understanding, and attitudes towards screening, care, intervention and prevention for frailty across frail and healthy older persons, caregivers, health and social care practitioners. Studies published since 2001 were identified through search of electronic databases; 81 eligible papers were identified and read in full, and 45 papers were finally included and synthesized. The synthesis was conducted with a meta-ethnographic approach. We identified four key themes: Uncertainty about malleability of frailty; Strategies to prevent or to respond to frailty; Capacity to care and person and family-centred service provision; Power and choice. A bottom-up approach which emphasises and works in synchrony with frail older people's and their families' values, goals, resources and optimisation strategies is necessary. A greater employment of psychological skills, enhancing communication abilities and tools to overcome disempowering attitudes should inform care organisation, resulting in more efficient and satisfactory use of services. Public health communication about prevention and management of frailty should be founded on a paradigm of resilience, balanced acceptance, and coping. Addressing stakeholders’ views about the preventability of frailty was seen as a salient need.

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Stakeholders’ views and experiences of care and interventions for addressing frailty and pre-frailty: A meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

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“…The study also showed that frailty was correlated with poor social networks; this has social implications, as it can lead to isolation among frail older adults, further aggravating their vulnerability to adverse outcomes . Social networks are believed to provide the necessary support to older adults by enabling them to live independently and cope with life events, such as illness and bereavement .…”

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“…50,51 The study also showed that frailty was correlated with poor social networks; this has social implications, as it can lead to isolation among frail older adults, further aggravating their vulnerability to adverse outcomes. 52 Social networks are believed to provide the necessary support to older adults by enabling them to live independently and cope with life events, such as illness and bereavement. 53 Whereas good social functioning and social networks have been associated with healthy aging and reduced vulnerability, loneliness and disruption of social networks among older adults have been linked to adverse health outcomes.…”

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Prevalence of frailty and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and resource utilization in a population of Singaporean older adults

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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“…Adverse effects of the frailty phenotype on social functioning were also assessed. Physical frailty was associated with a smaller network size and higher levels of loneliness, and with an increase in loneliness over a period of 3 years [77]. Additionally, potential effect modification by psychosocial resources of the effects of physical frailty on functional decline and mortality was assessed.…”

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“…The presence of active neighbor relationships appeared to be an effect modifier of this association and it buffered against the risk of institutionalization among the loneliest respondents [132]. Loneliness was also studied in relation to divorce, physical frailty, visual impairment, depression and cognitive functioning [77, 83, 86, 95, 133]. …”

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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings

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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. The study is based on a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55 years and over. The findings of the LASA study have been reported in over 450 publications so far (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article we describe the background and the design of the LASA study, and provide an update of the methods. In addition, we provide a summary of the major findings from the period 2011-2015.

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Adverse effects of frailty on social functioning in older adults: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Cited by 111 publications

References 30 publications

Stakeholders’ views and experiences of care and interventions for addressing frailty and pre-frailty: A meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

Stakeholders’ views and experiences of care and interventions for addressing frailty and pre-frailty: A meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

Prevalence of frailty and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and resource utilization in a population of Singaporean older adults

The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings

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