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FRAILTY [12 records]

Record 1 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Federal laws on child abuse and domestic violence fund services and shelters for victims, but there is no comparable federal law on elder abuse. [In the United States, the] federal Older Americans Act ... does provide definitions of elder abuse and authorizes the use of federal funds for the National Center on Elder Abuse and for certain elder abuse awareness, training, and coordination activities in states and local communities, but it does not fund adult protective services or shelters for abused older persons.

OBS

elderly victim of abuse : The adjective "elderly" is seen as pejorative by several authors because it can imply infirmity, frailty or diminished capacity.

Key term(s)
  • elder abuse victim
  • elder-abuse victim
  • elderly abuse victim
  • elderly abuse-victim

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

aîné maltraité; aînée maltraitée : termes tirés du Mini-lexique sur la violence familiale et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Old Age
CONT

Frailty, as defined by the accumulation of health and functional problems(i. e., deficit accumulation frailty), is associated with morbidity and mortality because of a greater vulnerability to stressors and is considered a marker of biological, rather than chronological, age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
CONT

[Un] modèle [de la fragilité,] appelé «fragilité multidomaine»[,] est basé sur l'accumulation de déficits dans des domaines variés (et variables).

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Old Age
CONT

Frailty is a clinical syndrome that describes a state of increased vulnerability to stressors due to decreased physiological reserves and increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes such as disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Although frailty is more prevalent in older adults, frailty can also occur in younger adults with chronic diseases and other healthcare conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
CONT

La fragilité est un syndrome clinique. Il se définit par une diminution des capacités physiologiques de réserve qui altère les mécanismes d'adaptation au stress.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Old Age
CONT

Phenotypic frailty is conceptualized as a clinical syndrome driven by age-related biologic changes that drive physical characteristics of frailty and eventually, adverse outcomes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
CONT

[...] la fragilité phénotypique [...] considère la fragilité comme un syndrome causé par une spirale descendante des réserves. Elle mesure cinq critères : perte de poids involontaire, épuisement auto-déclaré, faible endurance, faible vitesse de marche et faible niveau d'activité physique. Un individu est considéré comme fragile si au moins trois de ces critères sont présents.

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Sarcopenic obesity is defined as a functional and clinical condition characterized by the coexistence of loss of skeletal muscle mass and function and an excess of adipose tissue.... Sarcopenic obesity is associated with several clinical complications such as frailty, fractures, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and an increased risk of hospitalization and mortality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

L'obésité sarcopénique (OS) se caractérise «strico sensu» par une élévation de la masse grasse combinée à une réduction de la masse et de la fonction musculaires. Il s'agit d'un syndrome généralement appliqué aux patients âgés du fait des changements corporels connus dans la population gériatrique (réduction de la masse musculaire et accroissement du tissu adipeux viscéral) mais sa définition actuelle s'étend désormais aux pathologies chroniques de l'adulte.

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

WC [waist circumference] and calf circumference(CC) are simple and non-invasive measures that have been proposed as markers of adiposity and muscle mass, respectively, and have been used to assess frailty... The waist-calf circumference ratio(WCR) is [an] index that combines both measures, serving as an effective method for evaluating the imbalance between abdominal fat and leg muscle mass. WCR has been proposed as a reliable predictor of cognitive impairment..., carotid atherosclerosis..., and health-related quality of life..., and has been shown to be a superior predictor of health outcomes compared to BMI [body mass index], WC, or CC alone.

Key term(s)
  • waist to calf ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Hygiène et santé
Key term(s)
  • rapport tour de taille-tour de mollet
  • rapport taille-mollet

Spanish

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Record 7 2022-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Old Age
OBS

Canadian Frailty Network(CFN) is Canada's sole network devoted to improving care for older Canadians living with frailty and [to] supporting their families and caregivers. [The network does] this by increasing frailty recognition and assessment, by increasing evidence for decision-making, by advancing evidence-based changes [in] care, by training the next generation of care professionals and scientists, by catalyzing change in Canada's health and social care systems, and... by engaging with older adults and their families and caregivers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
OBS

[La mission du Réseau canadien des soins aux personnes fragilisées] est d'améliorer les soins destinés aux personnes âgées et fragilisées et le soutien à leur famille et à leurs proches aidants. Pour ce faire, [le Réseau travaille] à mieux faire reconnaître la fragilisation et à en favoriser l'évaluation, à enrichir les connaissances pour mieux éclairer les décisions, à faire évoluer la pratique à la lumière de faits probants, à former la prochaine génération de professionnels de la santé et à engager le dialogue avec les personnes âgées et leurs aidants.

Spanish

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Record 8 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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Record 9 2022-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Preoperative and Postoperative Treatment
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Orthogeriatric care is a medical-surgical model which brings together multidisciplinary health professionals from trauma, orthopaedics and geriatric medicine to treat the fracture and frailty issues affecting people with hip fractures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements pré- et post-opératoires
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
CONT

[...] l'orthogériatrie est basée sur la collaboration entre les chirurgiens, les gériatres ainsi que le personnel infirmier des services d'orthopédie et de gériatrie dans la prise en soins de la personne âgée (PA) suite à une opération orthopédique de prothèse totale de hanche (PTH).

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The insurance principle... is that, if through human frailty(in the Registry), the mirror fails to give an absolutely correct reflection of the title and a flaw appears, anyone who thereby suffers loss must be put in the same position, so far as money can do it, as if the reflection were a true one.(Simpson, p. 22)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

principe de l'assurance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
DEF

Frailty or shortcoming of an item resulting from a defect in its concept, and which can be avoided only through an alteration or redesign of the item.

CONT

... the contractor warrants that, for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery, ... the work shall be free from all defects in design, materials or workmanship, and shall conform with the requirements of the contract ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
CONT

[...] l'entrepreneur garantit que pour une durée de 12 mois à compter de la date de la livraison, [...] les travaux seront exempts de tous les vices de conception, de matériaux ou d'exécution et respecteront les exigences du contrat [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The insurance principle... is that, if through human frailty(in the Registry), the mirror fails to give an absolutely correct reflection of the title and a flaw appears, anyone who thereby suffers loss must be put in the same position, so far as money can do it, as if the reflection were a true one.(Rowton Simpson, 1976, p. 22).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

principe de l'assurance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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