Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Johns Hopkins scientists report that a 10-minute test for frailty, first designed to predict whether the elderly ...

A simplified frailty index created by surgeons is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious complications in older patients considering total hip and knee replacement procedures, ...

Frailty has been used to predict how well a patient may recover from a major operation. Because frailty assessments are not routinely utilized in busy surgical practices, surgeons at Emory University ...

As Americans live longer and the percentage of the population with gray hair grows, the number of seniors undergoing surgery is increasing. According to researchers with Johns Hopkins Medicine, about ...

A slower walking pace among older adults with blood cancer can be a sign of frailty – which could be useful to know when tailoring one’s care to increase survival and lower hospitalizations. A slower ...

Falls and fall-related injuries are a common concern in older adults and can have significant consequences. For older adults who are hospitalized for ground-level falls, their level of frailty can be ...

Health outcomes of frail older people can be improved with interventions specifically tailored to their needs, so identification and assessment of frailty severity are essential skills for nurses.

A simple arm test that employs a novel wearable technology can rapidly and accurately identify physiological frailty in older adults, according to new study results. A simple arm test that employs a ...

Frailty is common among older patients undergoing PCI in the United States, and the more severe it is, the greater the likelihood of complications and of dying in the hospital, data from the CathPCI ...

Frailty is a common condition in older adults, characterized, among other things, by impairments in gait and movement patterns. The proposed FRAILPOL repository addresses the critical gap in geriatric ...

SAN FRANCISCO: A simplified frailty index created by surgeons at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious ...