Frailty recommendations and guidelines: an evaluation of the implementability and a critical appraisal of clinical applicability by the ISPRM Frailty Focus Group

CONCLUSIONS: The WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older people (24) the ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and management of Frailty (15), the FOCUS guidelines (25) and the Asia Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines (14) for the Management of Frailty have the best quality and applicability of the existing guidelines on the management of frailty, we suggest that should be employed to define the standards of care for patients with frailty. There are barriers for their implementation, as stated by our experts, to take into account, and some of them are country- or region-specific. Screening for frailty, exercise, nutrition, pharmacological management, social and psychological support, management of incontinence, and an overall comprehensive clinical management are the best tools to face upon frailty.PMID:38656081 | DOI:10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08486-7
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research