NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing

The association between frailty, care receipt and unmet need for care with the risk of hospital admissions

by mdnmslw7 | Oct 2, 2024 | Care, Frailty, Healthy ageing, Publications

Investigating the relationship between receiving care, or receiving insufficient care among older people with different frailty status and the risk of unplanned admission to hospital

Individual and neighbourhood profiles and trends to understand frailty in England

by Web team (LB) | Aug 30, 2023 | Frailty, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

Frailty is a priority for the NHS long-term plan but our knowledge of the characteristics and needs of the frail older population is incomplete.

Household wealth, neighbourhood deprivation and frailty amongst middle-aged and older adults in England: a longitudinal analysis over 15 years (2002-2017)

by Web team (DM) | Mar 9, 2023 | Frailty, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Publications

Determining the relationship between household wealth and neighbourhood deprivation with frailty status, independently of demographic factors, educational attainment and health behaviours.

Frailty among older adults and its distribution in England

by Web Team (CJ) | Dec 1, 2021 | Frailty, Inequality, Prevention, Publications

Estimating small-area frailty prevalence among older adults using survey data, and assessing whether prevalence differs between urban, rural, coastal and inland areas of England.

Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account?

by Web Team (CJ) | Nov 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Frailty, Inequality, Prevention, Publications

Looking at the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in light of population risk.

Identifying older adults with frailty approaching end-of-life: A systematic review

by Web Team (CJ) | Sep 1, 2021 | End-of-life, Frailty, Inequality, Publications

Synthesising evidence on identification of older people with frailty approaching end-of-life, and whether associated intervention improves outcomes.

Measuring frailty in younger populations: a rapid review of evidence

by Web Team (CJ) | Mar 1, 2021 | Frailty, Healthy ageing, Publications

Identifying how frailty is measured in younger populations, including evidence of the impact on patient outcomes and care.

Cost effective interventions in preventing, reversing or slowing the progression of frailty

by Web team (LB) | Nov 1, 2020 | Economics, Frailty, Past projects, Prevention

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

End of life care for people with frailty

by Web team (LB) | Nov 1, 2020 | Care, End-of-life, Frailty, Past projects

This study assessed the growing literature on early intervention to support dying well, and looked to show when and how to identify frail older adults with end of life and palliative care needs, and discussed why this might or might not be advantageous.