E312 CMAJ, July 14, 2015, 187 (10) life, Dr. Rob Fowler, a senior scientist at Toronto's
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, emphasized that patient preferences are far too often …

Introduction The purpose of this project was to explore what health outcomes matter to frail
older people. This would provide information that would be of use to both providers and …

This editorial comments on the article by Robinson et al and Moreno et al. in this issue.

ABSTRACT CareMore, a Medicare Advantage insurance plan originating in southern
California, provides direct care for its frailest elderly patients and has developed an …

A century ago, most older Americans had dozens of descendants and lived on a farm, so
family members were usually able to provide needed support. But today, family structure …

Physicians and family members must talk with seriously ill adults about the kind of care
they'd like to receive before they are too sick to make their preferences known, Sen Susan …

We cannot view the future of healthcare but we can sense that big changes are afoot. Many
revolve around the plans to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. We speculate on …

Frailty management focuses on optimizing the physical and psychological functioning of
older people with frail health through early risk identification and intervention in primary …

The limits of medicine and our limits as physicians confront us daily. 1 We may help prolong
a life for a day, a year, or even a lifetime, but death will come. We may help cure a disease …

Widespread understanding of the principles of a healthy lifestyle coupled with remarkable
scientific advances in medicine over the last 30 years have enabled the current generation …