Frailty in older adults: Implications for end-of-life care

Katalin Koller; Kenneth Rockwood

doi:10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100

Frailty in older adults: Implications for end-of-life care

Katalin Koller, MD, FRCP
Katalin Koller
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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and Kenneth Rockwood, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
Kenneth Rockwood
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Division of Neurology, Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
March 2013,
80
(3)
168-174;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100

ABSTRACT

Frailty has important implications for the care needs of older adults and how those needs are met. By recognizing frailty and measuring it objectively, clinicians can better engage patients and their loved ones in difficult discussions about treatment plans and prognosis, and ultimately deliver better palliative care.

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Mar 2013,

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168-174;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100

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Katalin Koller

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Mar 2013,

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168-174;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100

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