It may seem intuitive that frailty and age go hand-in-hand. But anyone who’s attended a high school or university reunion can testify that no two people age the same way. Currently, very little is ...

See related research article by Rockwood and colleagues at www.cmaj.ca/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj.101271. The giants of geriatrics are immobility, instability, incontinence ...

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) was introduced in the second clinical examination of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) as a way to summarize the overall level of fitness or frailty of an ...

A Halifax doctor has won a prestigious international award recognizing his research on people living with frailty and dementia as well as his campaign to battle ageism in the health sector. Dr.

Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...

HALIFAX - A Halifax doctor has won a prestigious international award recognizing his research on people living with frailty and dementia as well as his campaign to battle ageism in the health sector.