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FRAIL OLDER ADULT [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

A person over 65 years old presenting a decreased capacity to adapt to the environment and to maintain a functional status.

OBS

[It is proposed] that frailty is a clinical syndrome and [that it] can be measured by markers such as weight loss, exhaustion, weakness in grip strength, slow gait speed and reduced physical activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

Une personne âgée frêle se reconnaît aisément à domicile, en milieu hospitalier et en clinique, mais comment la définir? Même si le concept de la fragilité ne fait pas consensus dans la littérature, il se définit généralement par un état de précarité de la santé qui réduit la capacité de la personne âgée à faire face aux exigences de la vie, augmentant ou aggravant ainsi le risque de perte d'autonomie.

OBS

vieillard : Le féminin «vieillarde» est rare et péjoratif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
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