Frailty in the elderly - implementing frailty into clinical practice

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SPCC task force raises awareness of malnutrition and cachexia in cancer patients

by Frailty.net | Literature news

The urgent need for better recognition of malnutrition and cachexia in cancer patients was highlighted by the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) task force on Nutrition and Cachexia in Cancer Patients, held as a virtual meeting on June 22, 2020, with 13 stakeholders from organisations across Europe …

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ICFSR 2020 – video replay

by Frailty.net | Webcasts

International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research
Event: ICFSR 2020, Toulouse, France
Length: Over 20 hrs of video recordings

The 10th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2020) took place in Toulouse, France in March 2020. All presentations are now available with 20+ hours of video plus slides and additional resources. read more…

A self-reported screening tool for detecting community-dwelling older persons with frailty syndrome in the absence of mobility disability: the FiND questionnaire

by Frailty.net | Diagnostic tools

The detection of frail older individuals living in the community represents a crucial preliminary step in the development of effective prevention against disability …

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What do we learn from the COPE study about the effect of frailty on survival in patients with COVID-19?

by Frailty.net | Nov 6, 2020 | Literature news

The COVID-19 pandemic places a lot of pressure on health-care systems. One of the component of decision-making for patients with COVID-19 is whether they are frail or not. What is the effect of frailty in adult patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19? The COVID-19 in Older PEople (COPE) study is an initiative that aimed to deep-dive this issue …

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Bimagrumab vs Optimised Standard of Care for Treatment of Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Sarcopenia is an important health concern in elderly adults because it is associated with adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, and mortality. Recently, international treatment guidelines for sarcopenia recommend an improved nutritional status, habitual physical activity, and exercise as first-line therapy …

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COVID‐19: a major cause of cachexia and sarcopenia?

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has reached pandemic proportions. Two animal studies have shown that coronavirus‐2 causes weight loss in animals associated with an increase in inflammatory cytokines. In humans, COVID‐19 causes anorexia, weight loss and low albumin. While poorly studied, this suggests that …

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The dilemma of Coronavirus disease 2019, aging, and cardiovascular disease: insights from cardiovascular aging science

by Frailty.net | Literature news

An interesting article by Dr Majd AlGhatrif et al. in JAMA Cardiology, sheds light on the fact that the pandemic of Covid 19 presents a great challenge for the most vulnerable in general and the elderly in particular. Current available data …

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ICFSR task force perspective on biomarkers for sarcopenia and frailty

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Biomarkers of frailty and sarcopenia are very important to deepen understanding, as well as to promote the development of new diagnostic tools and effective treatments. The ICFSR Task Force – a group of academic and industry scientists from around the world – met …

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Findings from The Copenhagen Sarcopenia Study: lean mass, strength, power and physical function in a Danish cohort aged 20–93 years

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Low lean mass, muscle strength, and physical function are significant risk factors for disability, frailty, and mortality in older individuals …

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Coronavirus crisis: insights from Switzerland

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Data from various European countries confirm that while the whole population is at risk from infection with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), older people – often frail and subject to multimorbidity – are at highest risk of intensive care hospitalisation for severe condition, and ultimately death.

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Impact and lessons from the ‘Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders’ (LIFE) clinical trials of physical activity to prevent mobility disability

by Frailty.net | Literature news

Prof M. Pahor et al. led the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) studies aimed to evaluate if starting physical activity could prevent major mobility disability (MMD) in sedentary older adults …

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Contribution of sarcopenia and physical inactivity to mortality in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

by Frailty.net | Literature news

The urgent need for better recognition of malnutrition and cachexia in cancer patients was highlighted by the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) task force on Nutrition and Cachexia in Cancer Patients, held as a virtual meeting on June 22, 2020, with 13 stakeholders from organisations across Europe …

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Looking for frailty in community-dwelling older persons: the Gérontopôle Frailty Screening Tool (GFST)

by Frailty.net | Diagnostic tools

Identification of frail patients before their vulnerability is made evident by the onset of a major clinical event is one of the major challenges in implementing frailty into clinical practice. General practitioners play a key role in this context.

Due to an often busy practice, they need to be supported by screening tools, for example the provision of user-friendly and time-efficient ..

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Latest Pubmed “frailty” article feed

Multi-System Physical Exercise Intervention for Fall Prevention and Quality of Life in Pre-Frail Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Validation of the Clinical Frailty Scale for Prediction of Thirty-Day Mortality in the Emergency Department.Frailty syndrome: evaluation of its knowledge and screening tools by general medicine interns.Predictive capacities at the end of hospitalisation in geriatrics of the modified SEGA frailty score: a 6-month prospective study. . . . 

Frailty at a glance

How define Frailty? Frailty in the elderly develops as a consequence of age-related decline in many physiological systems.

Between a quarter and half of people older than 85 years are estimated to be frail, and these people have a substantially increased risk of falls, disability, long-term care, and death …
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Selected conferences, symposia and virtually hosted meetings relating to frailty. ICFSR April 21-23, 2021
The International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research
Boston, MA, USA 2021 details > SCWD Dec 11-13, 2020
13th International SCWD Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting
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