Crome has received grants from the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health Research
and Lilly, and from the European Union to study increasing participation of older people in …

Frailty is fundamental to the science and practice of geriatric medicine and this overarching
concept resonates with all involved in the care of older patients.“Frailty” citations in PubMed …

More than a century ago, Elie Metchnikoff, winner of the Nobel Prize of Physiology and
Medicine in 1908, proposed the term gerontology to define the “scientific study of old age.” 1 …

Frailty is an emerging global health burden, with major implications for clinical practice and
public health. The prevalence of frailty is expected to rise alongside rapid growth in the …

To reduce disability and dependence in older adults, frailty may represent an appropriate
target for intervention. While preventing frailty through lifestyle interventions may be the …

Les termes<< frele>> et<< fragilite>> sont tres repandus dans les publications sur la
geriatrie et la gerontologie, mais qui sont les<< personnes agees freles>>? Dans la plupart …

Frail older people have been systematically excluded from randomised controlled trials
(RCT). We aim to recruit older, frail hospitalised patients in an RCT and evaluate the frailty …

We are living in an era of unprecedented aging, with over a billion older people expected to
be alive within a few decades. Despite this predictable demographic, drug trials have not …

This editorial comments on the articles by Bergen et al. and Shmuel et al.

Research on frailty has expanded in the last decade, but direct evidence supporting its
implementation in clinical practice may be limited. This mapping review synthesizes the …