Caring for frail patients: best practice.
Frailty has become synonymous with vulnerability and is a state caused by many factors, including disability, recurrent infection and multiple co-morbidities. The Gwent frailty service recognises the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to care, including timely recognition of frailty in patients and referral to the most appropriate services to optimise management and treatment.
Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd. cwallace@glam.ac.uk
Carolyn
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Wallace
Lynda
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Chandler
Audrey
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Rogers
Kate
K
Crosby
Nimisha
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Joshi
Tanya
T
Spriggs
Chris
C
Hill
D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking; D004496:Education, Continuing; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans