The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) is a screening tool developed by the Geriatrics Division of Saint Louis University. The RGA includes assessment of frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass ...

2005). Although introduced as a means of summarizing a multidimensional assessment in an epidemiological setting, the CFS quickly evolved for clinical use, and has been widely taken up as a ...

To achieve this, we created a system-wide data tool – FrEDA, which stands for Frailty, End of life, Dementia Assessment. FrEDA is an all-provider frailty assessment, care coordination and data capture ...

Other advantages of this approach are: it can be applied to almost any health dataset it is a comprehensive assessment of health it provides a continuous score from fitness to frailty it is more ...

More information: Katharine J. Russell et al, Establishing a clinically applicable frailty phenotype screening tool for aging ...

[84] A better understanding of the pathophysiology will advance the search for a standardized clinical frailty assessment tool. Progress is being made on defining an effective and cost-efficient ...

Ewa Pickersgill describes the success of a scheme aiming to reduce variation in care for people living with frailty.

While frailty assessment tools exist, this study adapts and validates an Electronic Frailty Index (EFI) tailored specifically to Israeli data and healthcare infrastructure, enabling more targeted ...

One of the major components of the grant is the Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). Primary care providers can use this screening tool to assess frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and ...