Background

Frailty is a distinctive, age-related health state, in which multiple body systems gradually lose their in-built reserves, which increases an individual’s risk of poor health outcomes including falls, incident disability, hospitalisation and mortality.

With an ageing population, it is more important than ever to understand the evidence base around frailty-related interventions, as our understanding of how best to prevent, slow or reverse the progression of frailty has important implications for public health and resource use.

Aims and objectives

We aimed to identify the interventions that are (cost) effective in preventing, reversing or slowing progression of frailty.

Resources and further information

• Briefing paper: Which interventions are cost effective for preventing, slowing or reversing the progression of frailty? (PDF).

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