Frailty: Tackling the crisis
| Autor: | Temitope O Ajayi, Simon Conroy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice. 13:80-86 |
| ISSN: | 1755-7399 1755-7380 |
| Popis: | The UK has an ageing population and this is reflected in increasingly higher rates of consultations with GPs; these consultations often relate to complex and interdependent needs. Older people are more likely to be frail, relative to the general population, and the General Medical Service contract aims for a proactive identification of older people with moderate or severe frailty, and then their risk stratification using an evidence-based tool: the electronic frailty index. This article reflects on best practice in the assessment of older people in primary care and what interventions are in place to improve their outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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