Frailty Taskforce resources

Assessment

Frailty screening and assessment tools

Five of the most referenced screening and assessment tools for frailty, considering a person’s physical performance, nutritional status, cognition, mental health and health supports.

Management

Over-diagnosis and over-treatment in the frail elderly

Review the literature, empirical data and experiential evidence from patients, carers and clinicians.

Medication review

This guide supports health professionals undertaking medication reviews with people living with frailty.

Healthy eating to stay strong

Eat well for good health, strong muscles, independence and to help prevent frailty.

Shared decision-making for surgery

Shared decision-making with older people

Help older people living with frailty make decisions about surgery.

Education

Progressive resistance training for frailty

Resources for physiotherapists and exercise physiologists to prescribe progressive resistance training for older people living with, or at risk of, frailty.

Frailty Forum 2020

Learn from frailty experts who gave presentations about the great initiatives underway in NSW.

Webinars

Webinars from leaders in Frailty on research and evidence-based approach.

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