Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment?

Smith, Graeme D.; Kydd, Angela

Abstract

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of people aged 60 and over will increase from 900 million in 2015 to 1400 million by 2030 and 2100 million by 2050 (Kinsella & Phillips 2005). If these predictions do materialise, figures could rise up to 3200 million by 2100 (WHO 2016). The World Health Organization (WHO) Health Assembly have produced The Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health 2016–2020: towards a world in which everyone can live a long and healthy life (2016) in which they set out two goals: to use 'five years of evidence-based action to maximise functional ability that reaches every person; and by 2020, to establish evidence and partnership necessary to support a Decade of Healthy Ageing from 2020 to 2030'.

Citation

SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, A. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? Journal of advanced nursing [online], 73(1), pages 3-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13190

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Oct 21, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Dec 7, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 17, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 17, 2022
• Journal: Journal of advanced nursing
• Print ISSN: 0309-2402
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2648
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13190
• Keywords: Older people; Health and social care; Nurse research; Care of older people
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1763455