Healthy ageing and frailty
What is frailty?
Frailty occurs from a combination of de-conditioning and acute illness on a background of existing functional decline and is often under recognised.
Frailty can affect up to 25% of people aged 70 and over which equates to approximately 27,000 people residing in Brisbane South.
People with frailty have 2 to 3 times the health care utilisation of their non-frail counterparts and experience higher morbidity and mortality, as well as lower quality of life. Their carers can also experience high levels of stress.
Many of the causes of frailty can be managed and, in some cases reversed highlighting the importance of identifying older people who are living with frailty.
