Description
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, we question what makes us healthy?', as well as what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term frail' tends to refer to a group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, infections, disability, admission to hospital or the need for long-term care. This ground-breaking book takes a holistic approach to frailty. It connects the medical literature with the wider social science discourse on ageing, and focuses on promoting wellbeing and the building up of strengths.
Living with Frailty draws together the latest biomedical evidence and good practice in this emerging area and explores ideas about assets and resilience, the role of society and the social model of disability in relation to frailty, arguing that insufficient attention is paid to positive action such as developing bone strength, maintaining good nutrition and exercising. Chapters look at:
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Table of Contents
Foreword I (Ken Rockwood)
Foreword II (Adam Gordon)
Chapter 1 Frailty: from awareness to identity
Chapter 2 Living well with frailty: from identity to care
Chapter 3 Evidence-based practice in frailty: falls and activity
Chapter 4 Surgical outcomes, cognitive frailty and delirium
Chapter 5 Sarcopenia and frailty
Chapter 6 Interventions in frailty care and enhancing independence
Chapter 7 Person-centred integrated care and end of life
Afterword
