The highest grade of the CFS (level 7) as published in 2005, incorporated both severe frailty and terminal illness. Later, it became evident that we needed to distinguish between identifiable groups ...

Loneliness can take a severe toll on the physical health of older people, warns a new study. New research shows that loneliness can lead to an increase in physical frailty, which in turn increases ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death.

Preoperatively assessing anemia as a modifiable risk factor may counteract increased mortality risk for patients with severe ...

Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability. Patients can be highly dependent on others for basic care. Severe frailty is characterised by crises such as severe falls, delirium and sudden immobility ...

The highest grade of the CFS (level 7) as published in 2005, incorporated both severe frailty and terminal illness. Later, it became evident that we needed to distinguish between identifiable groups ...