Ageing and Frailty

Question 1

describe frailty

Answer 1

• A susceptibility state that leads to a person being more likely to lose function in the face of a given environmental challenge.
• Results in ‘frailty syndromes’

Question 2

list some ‘Frailty Syndromes’

Answer 2

• falls
• delirium
• immobility
• incontinence

Question 3

describe ‘social’ dyshomeostasis

Answer 3

• difficulty caused by environmental insults not only biomechanical
• ageing often associated with whole system dyshomeostasis > different ability to compensate for e.g. death of spouse or daughter going on holiday

Question 4

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Answer 4

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