eFit – 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. 

Clinical Frailty Scale:
Instructions    Link   Patient Explanation

Fatigue Severity Scale:
Link (Instructions Included)

Frailty Index for Elders: 
Link (Instructions Included)

Frailty Phenotype Screening Tool:
Instructions    eForm    Print Form    Patient Explanation

Functional Assessment Staging Tool:
Link

Gérontopôle Frailty Screening Tool (GFST):
Link

GPHE Self-Report:
eForm   
 Print Form    Patient Explanation

GPHE Periodic Health Exam:
eForm   Print Form    Patient Explanation

Pictorial Fit Frail Scale: 
Instructions
    eForm    Print Form

PRISMA-7 Questionnaire:
Link (Instructions included)

PROMIS Short Form:
Link

Rapid Geriatric Assessment:
Instructions    Link

Algorithm for Fall Risk Screening, Assessment, and Intervention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention):
Algorithm
Fit for Frailty Part 1: Consensus Best Practice Guidance for the Care of Older People Living in Community and Outpatient Settings British Geriatrics Society):
Guideline
Frailty Care Guidelines – Ambulatory Care (Nova Scotia Health Authority):
Guideline
Frailty Care Guidelines – Continuing Care (Nova Scotia Health Authority):
Guideline
Frailty Care Guidelines – ED/Inpatient  (Nova Scotia Health Authority):
Guideline
Frailty Care Guidelines – Primary Health Care (Nova Scotia Health Authority):
Guideline
Frailty in Older Adults – Early Identification and Management (British Columbia Ministry of Health): 
Guideline

Health Quality Ontario: Hip Fracture, Care for People with Fragility Fractures (Health Quality Ontario):
Quality Standards
Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults Living with Frailty Guideline and Hip Fracture (Rehab Care Alliance):
Guideline

Reading List: Frailty & Older Adults

 

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