Sentence examples for of very frail from inspiring English sources

Although the report did not explain why bedsores had become so much more frequent, an official with the American Hospital Association speculated that the increase may be due to rising numbers of very frail, elderly patients arriving in hospitals.

Increasing numbers of very frail, elderly people are ending up in A&E and then becoming trapped in hospital because the care they need to be discharged is not available.

Such situations arise in nursing homes or in case of very frail old women.

The study is part of the research programme "Support for frail elderly persons - from prevention to palliation" (http://www.vardalinstitutet.net) which consists of three different interventions addressing frail elderly people in different phases of the disablement process, from pre-frail to very frail.

They were also in an array of health, from very well fed and in great shape to very frail and malnourished".

"A quivering form of a very frail person was stretched out under a blanket on a daybed.

Thus, the participants suggested designating a daytime carer to provide round-the-clock care and supervision: "Just like daytime domestic helper, she can stay with the patient... Most of elderly are very frail and need round-the-clock care.

Walking to the back of his gallery, he uncovered one of his most striking works, of a very frail-looking woman riding atop a great white horse.

Agents in New York couldn't be bothered to read the boarding pass of a man that had no business boarding a plane to California, but their counterparts at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport had all the time in the world to ruin the day of a very old, very frail and frightened woman, pulling her aside for 45 minutes of additional screening and forcing her to remove her undergarments.

The caregiving characteristics included length of time in caregiving role, number of caregiving hours per week, co-residence and degree of care recipient frailty (very frail or frail).

To interview one of them who was very frail and very deaf, I had to hop under an ancient afghan and talk to her in her bed, and the camera kept turning.