Frailty in primary care: challenges, innovations, and future directions

Kristiana Ludlow; Oliver Todd; Natasha Reid; Hakan Yaman

doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02083-9

Frailty in primary care: challenges, innovations, and future directions

BMC Prim Care. 2023 Jun 23;24(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02083-9.

Authors

Kristiana Ludlow¹, Oliver Todd², Natasha Reid³, Hakan Yaman⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. k.ludlow@uq.edu.au.
² Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research, University of Leeds, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford, UK.
³ Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Anatolia Hospital, Antalya, Türkiye.

Abstract

Frailty is one of the biggest challenges to healthy ageing, and yet our understanding and management of frailty is in its infancy. In this editorial we outline challenges, innovations and future directions in frailty research in primary care, and invite contributions to BMC Primary Care's "Frailty in Primary Care" Collection.

Keywords: Frailty; Older adults; Primary Care.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Frailty* / diagnosis
Frailty* / therapy
Humans
Primary Health Care