Frailty

Exam Cram

• Frailty describes a global functional decline and global loss of physiological function, affecting particularly compensatory reserve mechanisms

• Presentation: reduced mobility, exercise tolerance & cognition, increasing falls, not coping at home

• Diagnosis: clinical, classification- Rockwood Frailty Score

• Management: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), MDT- PT, OT, dieticians, sensory, social work, family, speech and language