HCP – Frailty

Frailty is a dynamic condition experienced by many older adults. It is a vulnerability to adverse outcomes resulting from an interaction of physical, socio-economic and co-morbidity factors. Major adverse events are more common among frail older adults in comparison to non-frail older adults. ⁽¹⁾ 

Frailty is strongly linked to mortality, long term care home admission and falls. Frailty prevalence increases with age, although it can occur independently from chronological age. ⁽²⁾ Inactivity, poor nutrition, and social isolation or loneliness, and multiple medications contribute to frailty.