Policy development of this nature is occurring against a backdrop of global ageing, a rising prevalence of frailty and co-morbidity in chronic illness [ 3].
Though all too human, we are also capable of rising above our frailties, would seem to be Mosley's message.
5 As the proportion of older people is rising globally, the costs associated with frailty will increase in the future.
Based on evidence showing that utilization of intensive care unit (ICU) resources by older people is rising, the prevalence of pre-existing frailty in patients admitted to the ICU is probably also increasing [ 3].
Given the current aging population and the rising burden of chronic disease and frailty, new patient-centred, comprehensive and interdisciplinary models of Acute Care Surgery are needed to optimize care in this vulnerable patient population.
The number of people in their last years of life with advanced chronic conditions, palliative care needs, and limited life prognosis due to different causes including multi-morbidity, organ failure, frailty, dementia, and cancer is rising.
A recent study of community dwelling elderly men (over age 70) suggested that ALT may be a novel biomarker of aging, with levels decreasing with rising age, and low levels associating with frailty and reduced survival [17].
We observed that frailty affected approximately one out of ten elderly adults aged 65 and over in this community-dwelling population, in which the care burden of frailty is the focus of exponentially rising demands for public healthcare resources.
As American families plan their holidays, many will be worrying about the frailty of their country's economy, the rising cost of petrol and for those venturing outside the United States the weakness of the dollar.
Although research productivity in the field of frailty has risen exponentially in recent years, there remains a lack of consensus regarding the measurement of this syndrome.
