Background frailty impacts older adults’ ability to recover from an acute illness, injuries and
other stresses. Currently, a systematic synthesis of available interventions to prevent or …

Background Social vulnerability is related to the health of elderly people, but its measurement
and relationship to frailty are controversial. The aims of the present study were to …

Background Some people with substantial Alzheimer's disease pathology at autopsy had
shown few characteristic clinical symptoms or signs of the disease, whereas others with little …

OBJECTIVES: To assess how individual socioeconomic status and neighborhood deprivation
affect frailty. DESIGN: Nationally representative population‐based study, the English …

Background As the population is aging, the number of persons living with multiple chronic
conditions (MCC) is expected to increase. This review seeks to answer two research …

Despite widespread influenza vaccination programs, influenza remains a major cause of
morbidity and mortality in older adults. Age-related changes in multiple aspects of the adaptive …

Background Numerous social factors, generally studied in isolation, have been associated
with older adults’ health. Even so, older people’s social circumstances are complex and an …

Many older adults experience what is clinically recognised as frailty but little is known about
the perceptions of, and attitudes regarding, being frail. This qualitative study explored adults' …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Frailty, loneliness, and social isolation are all associated with
adverse outcomes in older adults, but little is known about their combined impact on …

BACKGROUND: Although numerous social factors have been associated with cognition in
older adults, these findings have been limited by the consideration of individual factors in …