Background: In Ontario, Canada, nearly all home care patients are assessed with a brief
clinical assessment (interRAI Contact Assessment [interRAI CA]) on admission. Our …

METHOD Five electronic databases (EMBASE, Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and AMED)
were systematically searched in September 2018 for prospective cohort studies published in …

Methods For these analyses, we made use of a large database (n= 23,952) with
comprehensive health information on home care clients (aged 65+) of eight Community …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of frailty in Emergency Departments (EDs); examine
the ability of frailty to predict poor outcomes post-discharge; and identify the most …

Abstract Background The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is scored using ICD-10
diagnostic codes in administrative hospital records. Home care clients in Canada are …

Background This study examines and compares CARE and Cardiovascular Health Study
(CHS) frailty states (ie, robust, prefrail and frail) for their association with incident adverse …

Objective frailty is a central concept in geriatric medicine, yet its utility in the Emergency
Department (ED) is not well understood nor well utilised. Our objectives were to develop an …

Background frailty measurement may identify patients at risk of decline after hospital
discharge, but many measures require specialist review and/or additional testing. Objective …

Abstract Background EASY-Care Two step Older people Screening (EASY-Care TOS) is a
stepped approach to identify frail older people at risk for negative health outcomes in …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether frail older adults, based on a deficit accumulation index
(DAI), are at greater risk of adverse outcomes after discharge from the emergency …