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. 2017 May 1;46(3):349-351.
doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw224.

Changing the way "we" view and talk about frailty…

Caroline Nicholson  1 , Adam Lee Gordon  2 , Anthea Tinker  3
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Changing the way "we" view and talk about frailty…

Caroline Nicholson et al. Age Ageing. .

Abstract

This commentary discusses the perception of frailty by different key stakeholders-most notably older people. It considers the need to integrate predominantly medically driven understandings of frailty within a wider conceptual framework. This is imperative if the potential of frailty as a construct, around which the optimisation of health and well-being of older people can take place, is to be realised.

Keywords: Change; Epidemiology; Longevity; Physical function; Sarcopenia.

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