Issues in Aging - Frailty

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WebMD, Forestalling Frailty (short video)
Science gaining on elders' frailty - The Boston Globe

Review Articles

Morley, J. E., Haren, M. T., Rolland, Y., & Kim, M. J. (2006). Frailty. The Medical clinics of North America, 90(5), 837-847

Rockwood K, S.X, MacKnight C, Bergman, H. (2005). A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people. CMAJ 173(5), 489-95

Walston, J. (2004), Frailty - The Search for Underlying Causes. Science of Aging Knowledge Environment 2004 (4), e4-4

Walston, J., Hadley, E. C., Ferrucci, L., Guralnik, J. M., Newman, A. B., Studenski, S. A., et al. (2006). Research agenda for frailty in older adults: Toward a better understanding of physiology and etiology: Summary from the american geriatrics Society/National institute on aging research conference on frailty in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54(6), 991-1001