Identifying frailty risk profiles of home-dwelling older people: focus on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
Sarah DuryEllen Elisa De RoeckDaan DuppenBram FretLieve HoeyberghsDeborah LambotteMichaël Van der ElstAnne van der VorstJos ScholsGertrudis KempenG A Rixt ZijlstraJan De LepeleireBirgitte SchoenmakersTinie KardolNico De WitteDominique VertéLiesbeth De DonderPeter Paul De DeynSebastiaan EngelborghsAn-Sofie SmetcorenEva DierckxPublished in: Aging & mental health (2016)
This paper elaborates on practical implications, and formulates a number of future research recommendations to tackle frailty in an aging society. The conclusion demonstrates the necessity for a thorough knowledge of risk profiles of frailty, as this will save both time and money and permit preventive actions to be more individually tailored.