Frail Elderly
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Frailty and incidence of activities of daily living disability among older Mexican Americans.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between frailty status and incidence of disability among non-disabled older Mexican Americans. DESIGN: A 10-year prospective cohort study. SUBJECTS: A total of 1645 non-institutionalized Mexican Americans aged ... Read more...

[Climate change and consequences for the elderly]

24 Oct 2009 Heat waves may cause increased mortality, especially among frail elderly. The consequences of heat waves can be prevented by reducing indoor temperature, increasing intake of water with relevant electrolytes and ongoing assessment of medication and ... Read more...

[Physicians as key communicators of the influenza vaccination for the elderly, patients with chronic conditions, and health care workers. Results of a nationwide survey in the context of the national influenza vaccination campaign]

29 Sep 2009 The Federal Center for Health Education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung - BZgA) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) started a national vaccination campaign against influenza in October 2006. Main target groups are people aged 60 and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Frail Elderly'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Frailty and incidence of activities of daily living disability among older Mexican Americans. 30 Oct 2009
• [Climate change and consequences for the elderly] 24 Oct 2009
• Dialysis in frail elders--a role for palliative care. 13 Oct 2009
• [Physicians as key communicators of the influenza vaccination for the elderly, patients with chronic conditions, and health care workers. Results of a nationwide survey in the context of the national influenza vaccination campaign] 29 Sep 2009
• Purple urinary bag syndrome. 29 Sep 2009
• Determinants of adult day center attendance among older adults with functional limitations. 29 Sep 2009
• Management of unfit patients with unfavourable non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. 14 Sep 2009
• Neighborhood deprivation, individual socioeconomic status, and frailty in older adults. 13 Sep 2009
• Sex hormones and frailty in older men: the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study. 6 Sep 2009
• Redefining geriatric preoperative assessment using frailty, disability and co-morbidity. 30 Aug 2009
• Prolonged Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in an elderly patient with community-acquired pneumonia. 16 Aug 2009
• Mortality risk associated with physical and verbal abuse in women aged 50 to 79. 11 Aug 2009
• Inflammation and thrombosis biomarkers and incident frailty in postmenopausal women. 11 Aug 2009
• A powerful handwritten note. 30 Jul 2009
• Association of a cancer diagnosis with vulnerability and frailty in older Medicare beneficiaries. 26 Jul 2009
• Frailty: dominos or deliberation? 22 Jul 2009
• Frail, acutely ill older patients depict the highest delirium incidence and the lowest delirium detection rate. 21 Jul 2009
• Frailty and health related quality of life in older Mexican Americans. 21 Jul 2009
• [Boom in geriatric surgery. Eliminating fear of the knife in the elderly] 21 Jul 2009
• The show. 19 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Frail Elderly'

Definition: Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.

Descriptor UI: D016330

Alternative terms: Frail Elderly; Elderly, Frail; Frail Elders; Elder, Frail; Elders, Frail; Frail Elder; Functionally-Impaired Elderly; Elderly, Functionally-Impaired; Functionally Impaired Elderly; Frail Older Adults; Adult, Frail Older; Adults, Frail Older; Frail Older Adult; Older Adult, Frail; Older Adults, Frail;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Services for the Aged; Homebound Persons;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.060.116.100.540;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: check the tags AGED or AGED, 80 AND OVER