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Screening for frailty in Canada's health care system
— a time for action | | Author(s) | John Muscedere |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 3, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 281-297 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Physical capacity ; Ill health ; Screening ; Social policy ; Canada. |
| Annotation | As Canada's population ages, frailty _ with its increased risk of functional decline, deterioration in health status and death _ will become increasingly common. The physiology of frailty reflects its multisystem, multi-organ origins. About a quarter of Canadians over age 65 are frail, increasing to over half in those older than 85. Canada's health care system is organised around single-organ systems, impairing its ability to treat people with multiple disorders and functional limitations effectively. In order to address frailty, there is a need to recognise when it occurs, increase awareness of its significance, develop holistic models of care and generate better evidence for its treatment. Recognising how frailty impacts lifespan will allow for integration of care goals into treatment options. Different settings in the Canadian health care system will require different strategies and tools to assess frailty. Given the magnitude of challenges frailty poses for the health care system as currently organised, policy changes will be essential. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224222 A |
| Classmark | BI: CH: 3V: TM2: 7S |
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