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Frailty in self-neglecting older adults
— a secondary analysis | | Author(s) | Jessica L Lee, Jason Burnett, Carmel B Dyer |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 28, no 3, June-July 2016 |
| Publisher | Routledge, June-July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 152-162 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline,com |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Elder abuse ; Ill health ; Physical capacity ; Mobility ; Obesity ; Quantitative studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Self-neglect (SN) and frailty in older adults is associated with increased disability and mortality. Despite these commonalities, there have been no studies objectively assessing frailty in older adults who SN. This secondary analysis classified frailty in 37 older adults with Adult Protective Services (APS) validated SN using the Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) of weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, activity level, and walking speed. Overall, 3% were classified as robust, 62% as pre-frail, and 35% as frail. Most (72%) were overweight or obese, with clinically significant decreases in activity level (60%) and walking speed (97%). Compared to the original FFP population, older adults who self-neglect exhibit important differences in frailty phenotypes. Finding that the largest percentage of older adults who self-neglect were pre-frail indicates a critical opportunity for intervention to reduce this population's future functional decline and mortality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160805244 A |
| Classmark | QNR: QNT: CH: BI: C4: CSA: 3DQ: 7T |
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