Brief Aids to Guide Clinical Frailty Scale Scoring at the Front Door of Acute Hospitals

Frailty is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased vulnerability to functional dependency and/or mortality attributable to 1 or more stressors.1 Given that the Emergency Department (ED) stands as a portal to multiple health care settings, the identification of frailty at the ED represents a pivotal component of care and risk assessment among older adults.2 –4 Nonetheless, the implementation of frailty screening and frailty-centered care at the ED remains challenging owing to limitation of resources and manpower, prioritization of disease-specific care, time-pressured environment to assess and transfer patients to the next care area, and limited oppo rtunities to train staff in frailty indentification.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - March 10, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Edward Chong, Audrey Tham, Justin Chew, Wee Shiong Lim, Huei Nuo Tan, Hou Ang, Mark Chan Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research