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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 & Addendum
Reading List: Frailty & Older Adults
A Pragmatists Approach to Frailty and Aging: Why, Who and What To Do (Vimeo, Sagelink): Video
View the CSAH Lesson on Frailty
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