Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 20, 2026

Measuring Frailty in HIV-infected Individuals. Identification of Frail Patients is the First Step to Amelioration and Reversal of Frailty
Published on: July 24, 2013
From frailty to resilience: exploring adaptive capacity and reserve in older adults-a narrative review
Caglar Cosarderelioglu1, Jeremy D Walston1, Peter M Abadir1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Abstract:
Resilience, the capacity to adapt and recover from adversity, plays a critical role in the health and wellbeing of older adults. In geriatric populations, resilience encompasses physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains and is essential for maintaining functional independence and quality of life amidst the challenges of aging. This review explores the concept of resilience within geriatric medicine across physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains, highlights the differences from frailty and reserve, underscores importance of stressors, summarizes key biomarkers that predict resilience, and evaluates interventions designed to enhance resilience in older adults.
Related Concept Videos
The Effect of Aging on Tissues
Pharmacodynamics in Geriatric Patients: Effects of Age
Cognitive Development During Adulthood
Aging
Cellular Clock Theory
The cellular clock theory posits that the human lifespan is closely tied to the finite capacity of cells to divide, a phenomenon governed by telomeres, which are protective caps at the ends of...
Unrealistic Optimism Bias
Development of Human Microbiota

