1st Edition

Living with Frailty From Assets and Deficits to Resilience

By Shibley Rahman Copyright 2019
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

Increasingly, we question ‘what makes us healthy?’, as well as ‘what makes us ill?’. What does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term ‘frail’ tends to refer to a group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, infections, disability, admission to hospital or the need for long-term care. This ground-breaking book takes a... Read more

Foreword (Prof Ken Rockwood)

Foreword (Prof Adam Gordon)

Chapter 1 Frailty: from awareness to identity

Chapter 2 Living well with frailty: from identity to care

Chapter 3 Evidence-based practice in frailty: falls and activity

Chapter 4 Surgical outcomes, cognitive frailty and delirium

Chapter 5 Sarcopenia and frailty

Chapter 6 Interventions in frailty care and enhancing independence

Chapter 7 Person-centred integrated care and end-of-life

Afterword

Biography

Shibley Rahman is a freelance researcher and academic physician. He researches long-term conditions, particularly frailty and dementia, speaks regularly on the implications of diagnosis and post-diagnostic care, as well as wellbeing, and advocates rights-based approaches. Dr Rahman’s book, Living Well with Dementia, won the award for best book for health and social care in the BMA Book Awards 2015.