This trial is evaluating whether Treatment will improve 2 primary outcomes and 5 secondary outcomes in patients with Old Age; Debility. Measurement will happen over the course of During the 12-month intervention.
This trial requires 360 total participants across 2 different treatment groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. Treatment is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. Some patients will receive a placebo treatment. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
"Frailty is a common and growing condition affecting millions of older adults and their families. The number of cases has grown substantially with a doubling of deaths from cardiovascular, renal and respiratory disease between 1990 and 2013. The number of new cases rose rapidly from 7,100 patients in 2001 to 55,000 in 2013." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In this prospective study, the occurrence of frailty was not predicted by any of the variables in any of the groups. On the basis of the above, we feel that a definition of frailty should be based on the presence or absence of frailty at baseline. Further efforts to identify factors contributing to frailty are required." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The concept of frail status has been used to illustrate how to conceptualize what the ultimate goal of a disease management program should be and not focussing on curing the disease. It is important to acknowledge that this program aimed at improving the current living conditions of aged and frail people could not only affect frailty status, but also their actual quality of life, health-span and prognosis of clinical events such as falls, hospitalization, and death." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"What is common for all people living at home with frailty is the help to live independently in daily matters as an active member of your community. It allows elderly people to remain an active member in their community and stay independent. Many different treatments are available. It has been shown in many studies that exercise therapy could reduce frailty of elderly people, and enhance mental and physical functioning. Also, it is essential for elderly people to be independent of their community for the preservation of their living and community. The key is to empower them to do things they can do without relying on others." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Older adults are at higher risk for frailty than younger older adults. Frailty is associated with adverse functional outcomes. More research is needed to better delineate exactly how and when frailty should be evaluated to identify clinically important frailty." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Frailty is a state of low physical and mental health. It describes a group of elderly that have specific health risk factors and it is an identifiable state of low health that can be measured, assessed, and treated on a population-wide basis. The concept of frailty was developed in the context of health care systems and care pathways where it occurs, such as end-of-life care in older adults. The concept also has great potential to be used in health promotion and public health programs." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The number of treatments used for managing patients with dementia is relatively small. The use of multiple treatments for dementia is common, and the likelihood of multiple treatments increases with clinical severity. Therefore, patients with dementia would be best served by the development of quality standard guidelines for dementia management. There is no information about when a patient should stop taking their dementia medication. This should be based on the need for medication to achieve therapeutic objectives. The use of multiple medications should be carefully evaluated at least prior to the initiation of a new medication." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In the present study of frail elderly men, treatment did not modify QoL. Results from a recent paper suggest that there appears no reason to consider frailty alone, rather combinations of specific impairments and treatments that target these impairments are required to improve QoL in frail older adults." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Data from a recent study of this research showed that an assessment of frailty is important for the management of frail older adults. In addition, this analysis showed that the use of exercise as well as oral anti-oxidant therapy were the best interventions to improve health. Data from a recent study can help improve our understanding of frailty in the community, help identify individuals who will benefit from intervention trials, and encourage health care professionals to evaluate and treat frailty in their patients." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Mild to moderate pain was the most common adverse event (>1% of people treated) during [treatment for ALS]. Mild to moderate fatigue and sleep disturbances occurred most commonly (>1%) during adjuvant therapy and more commonly (>1%) during treatment for ALS. Severe side effects were rare. There is no evidence that either side effects occur more often than other side effects." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In most European countries patients with frailty (at least 3 of 4 criteria) are generally treated mainly with combined treatments, although in a few cases patients with multiple diseases could also be considered for combined therapy." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There are a number of risk factors for frailty, and more awareness is needed to prevent and treat this condition. Frailty can be a predictor of adverse outcomes such as [mortality or hospitalization(s)] and can also delay a number of treatments such as medication therapy and rehabilitation." - Anonymous Online Contributor