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[Identifying frailty and the importance of personalised support]
Mathilde Nicolas1, Régis Gonthier1, Émilie Crawford-Achour1
1Service de gérontologie clinique, CHU de Saint-Étienne, hôpital la Charité, 44 rue Pointe Cadet, 42055 Saint-Étienne, France.
Soins. Gerontologie
|April 18, 2017
Abstract:
Over recent years, many hospitals have been looking to promote optimum ageing by developing a strategy for identifying frailty in elderly people. This raises the question of prevention in the field of ageing and the capacities to change behaviour which is harmful to health at any age. Early and long-term support is essential.