Frailty Hub: Patient information

Fact sheet

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Authors:

British Geriatrics Society

Centre for Perioperative Care

Date Published:

29 March 2023

Last updated:

29 November 2023

Downloadable information and resources for patients and their families living with frailty.

Frailty posters

The below posters were developed in collaboration with the Patient Information Forum (PIF). The Frailty and Surgery poster was developed with the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC).

They explain and illustrate the stages of frailty and what this means for them.

Please feel free to download these posters, share them with patients or display them.

What is frailty? Patient information poster

Frailty and surgery: Patient information poster

Think Frailty poster

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Frailty Hub: Introduction to frailty

Find out what frailty is and how it can be diagnosed and managed.

Frailty Hub: Frailty in specific settings

Collated resources on frailty in settings including care home medicine, emergency medicine, frailty units and community. Resources relevant to specialised services such as diabetes, heart failure and oncology can also be found here.

Frailty Hub: Setting up and developing frailty services

Useful information to help you set up a frailty service, with examples of best practice, service development, and business cases.

Frailty Hub: Frailty and the NHS

This area of the Frailty Hub focuses on the national picture. Here you can access publications by NHS England, NICE, GIRFT, NHS RightCare and NHS Benchmarking.