Frailty

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Resources

Education

  • Benetas. “Frailty in Community Dwelling Older People— Using Frailty Screening as the Canary in the Coal Mine.” Melbourne, 2017.
  • Feng, Zeyun, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Carmen Franse, Xinye Fang, Shanlian Hu, Chunlin Jin, and Hein Raat. “Risk Factors and Protective Factors Associated with Incident or Increase of Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.” Edited by Stephen D. Ginsberg. PLOS ONE 12, no. 6 (June 15, 2017): e0178383. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178383.
  • Fried, L. P., L. Ferrucci, J. Darer, J. D. Williamson, and G. Anderson. 2004. “Untangling The Concepts Of Disability, Frailty, And Comorbidity: Implications For Improved Targeting And Care”. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 59 (3): M255-M263. doi:10.1093/gerona/59.3.m255.
  • Fried, L. P., C. M. Tangen, J. Walston, A. B. Newman, C. Hirsch, J. Gottdiener, T. Seeman, et al. “Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype.” The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 56, no. 3 (March 1, 2001): M146–57. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/56.3.M146.
  • Kirby, Sarah, Peter Coleman, and Dave Daley. “Spirituality and Well-Being in Frail and Nonfrail Older Adults.” Journal of Gerontology: Physchological Sciences 59B, no. 3 (2004): 123-29.
  • Lekan, Deborah A., Evelyn Hoover, and Sarah Abrams. “Perspectives of Frailty Among African American Men and Women.” Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 56, no. 7 (July 1, 2018): 20–29. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20180619-05.
  • MacKinlay, Elizabeth. “Ageing, Frailty and the Final Life Journey: A Brief Outline of the Report.” Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University, 2018.
  • Pardue, Lea. “Models for Ministry: The Spiritual Needs of the Frail Elderly Living in Long-Term Care Facilities.” Journal of Religious Gerontology 8, no. 1 (1991)