Frailty and Physical Therapy講演要旨 （Abstract）The speed of ageing differs from country to country, but ageing is worldwide happening more quickly than in the past. We live in a dangerous world and all kinds of negative influences like stress or poor nutrition causes random molecular damage with an accumulation …

Increasing awareness of the impact of frailty on elderly people resulted in research focusing on factors that contribute to the development and persistence of frailty including nutrition and physical activity. Most effort so far has been spent on understanding the association between protein intake and …

Frailty, a complex phenomenon The population worldwide is ageing rapidly and with age an increase in co-morbidities and a decline in abilities is seen. Frailty is an often-used term to indicate a higher risk to adverse health outcomes. The often used definition of Fried et al 2001 is clinically driven …

Frailty is a disputed but important concept in the care of older people. The agreed definition ( Fried et al 2001) is clinically driven and focusses on physical components and incapacity. But frailty is determined not only by disability and comorbidity. How do those defined by others as frail – perceive …

Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This …

A B S T R A C T Purpose: To determine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of environmental factors with frailty and disability. Methods: This study was conducted in a sample of Dutch citizens. At baseline the sample consisted of 429 subjects (aged ≥ 65 years); a subset of this sample participated …

Frailty is a state in which an older person has an increased risk for adverse health outcomes. Health professionals should be aware of frailty and the complexity of frailty. 4 frailty domains can be recognised; Physical, psychological, social and cultural. In the JASMIN project we do research in frail …

Als onderdeel van het krimpcafé werd een workshop georganiseerd onder de titel 'Waar wonen (hulpbehoevende) ouderen? Focuspunt was een casestudy in de gemeente Oldambt waarbij op grond van gemeentelijke data is gereconstrueerd waar 80+-ers in de gemeente wonen. Wat voor consequenties heeft dit voor beleid …

The presentation focussed on demographic transition, unbalanced population decline and their influence on family, kin and other social support systems for the elderly in the North of the Netherlands.