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The SHARE frailty instrument for primary care predicts incident disability in a European population-based sample.

[To the problem of organization in regions of rehabilitation of handicapped elders with gastroenterological diseases].

[Home nursing of a parent . A little respite for family caregivers].

Integrating palliative care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: recent advances, remaining challenges.

[A prospective study on the effectiveness of a project for early discharge of elderly and fragile patients from emergency Department].

One operational definition by population: the need for local evaluations of frailty.

Validity and reliability of the de Morton Mobility Index in the subacute hospital setting in a geriatric evaluation and management population.

Economic evaluation of a geriatric rehabilitation programme: a randomized controlled trial.

Whole grain intake, incident hip fracture and presumed frailty in the Iowa Women's Health Study.

Hypertension control and cardiovascular outcomes among patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease.

[Factors affecting burden of caregivers for the elderly of Han Chinese and the Korean minority living in a community in northeast China].

Qualitative study on the impact of falling in frail older persons and family caregivers: foundations for an intervention to prevent falls.

[Author's reply: Evolution of nutritional state in the fragile elderly in primary care].

High incidence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms in vulnerable persons of 75 years or older living in the community.

Comprehensive discharge follow-up in patients' homes by GPs and district nurses of elderly patients. A randomized controlled trial.

Use of proton-pump inhibitors and their associated risks among frail elderly nursing home residents.

Acute care for the elderly: a literature review.

Satisfaction and use of personal emergency response systems.

Encouraging physical activity among frail older adults.

Vitamin D deficiency and frailty in older Americans.