Abstract:Diagnosing and responding to frailty in older adult populations is of growing interest for health care professionals, researchers and policymakers. Preventing frailty has the potential to improve health outcomes for older adults, which in turn has significant implications for health care systems. However, little is known about how older people understand and perceive the term “frailty”, and what it means for them to be designated as frail. To address this concern, a scoping review was undertaken to map the bre… Show more
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