Journal article
Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies
Abstract
Background: frailty impacts older adults' ability to recover from an acute illness, injuries and other stresses. Currently, a systematic synthesis of available interventions to prevent or reduce frailty does not exist. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review of interventions and international policies designed to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods and analysis: we conducted a scoping review using …
Authors
Puts MTE; Toubasi S; Andrew MK; Ashe MC; Ploeg J; Atkinson E; Ayala AP; Roy A; Monforte MR; Bergman H
Journal
Age and Ageing, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 383–392
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
May 1, 2017
DOI
10.1093/ageing/afw247
ISSN
0002-0729