We published a review on the relationship between frailty and social vulnerability In the March issue of The Lancet Healthy Longevity. The review was led by Peter Hanlon, and involved several EPI-FRAIL members as co-author. The paper can be found here (Open Access): https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00263-5
New review on recent developments in frailty research
This week, a new paper from the EPI-FRAIL network has been published in Ageing Research Reviews: “Recent developments in frailty identification, management, risk factors and prevention: A narrative review of leading journals in geriatrics and gerontology”. The paper provides insights into recent developments and emerging practices in frailty research. The…
Frailty changes as predictor of mortality
An important question that is often asked by clinicians is whether frailty should be measured once or repeatedly to better capture mortality risk? So far, epidemiological evidence on this topic is limited. In a study performed by EPI-FRAIL members Erwin Stolz and Emiel Hoogendijk, data from the LASA 75+ study…
Frailty series – The Lancet
This week, The Lancet has published a clinical series on frailty, featured on the front cover “Frailty: the new frontier of medicine”. Various international experts in the field of geriatric medicine worked together to provide an up-to-date overview of the clinical and public health impact of frailty in older adults,…
