Open AccessFrailty and use of health and community services by community-dwelling older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Author(s) -
Shékina Rochat,
Robert G. Cumming,
Fiona Blyth,
Helen Creasey,
David J. Handelsman,
David G. Le Couteur,
Vasi Naganathan,
P. N. Sambrook,
Markus J. Seibel,
Louise M. Waite
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp257
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , older people , nursing homes , aging in place , nursing
frailty is a concept used to describe older people at high risk of adverse outcomes, including falls, functional decline, hospital or nursing home admission and death. The associations between frailty and use of specific health and community services have not been investigated.
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