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Editorial
. 2024 Dec;54(4):280-283.
doi: 10.1177/14782715241286918. Epub 2024 Oct 6.

Proactive frailty in primary care: A primary care system fit for frailty

Lloyd D Hughes  1 , Tara Verity  2 , Liz Lawn  3 , Deb Gompertz  4
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Proactive frailty in primary care: A primary care system fit for frailty

Lloyd D Hughes et al. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Older adults with frailty are at increased risk of premature death, and numerous negative sequalae including falls, disability, and dementia alongside increased healthcare costs. Most healthcare interactions for older people with frailty take place in primary care, and there is increasing interface working between primary and secondary care to manage this patient group including virtual wards, frailty management programmes and Hospital @ Home. This commentary aims to place proactive frailty into recent policy perspective, alongside highlighting some of the current challenges around the implementation of proactive frailty programmes.

Keywords: frailty; healthy ageing; proactive care.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: LDH and TV are Co-Lead GPs for the British Geriatrics Society Community and Primary Care Group. DG and LL also sit on the group.

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