Abstract
People in nursing and residential homes are more likely to suffer frailty. Registered nurses are a crucial component of the care delivery service and can offer support to these patients because of their complex care needs, co-morbidities and risks of unplanned admissions to secondary care. This article explores frailty and the role of the nurse in assessing for frailty. Three aspects of patient care, nutrition status, polypharmacy and exercise and cognitive function are discussed as areas where nurses can target their interventions in order to support those considered as being frail, aiming to reduce the impact of frailty and negative health outcomes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 833-837 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | British Journal of Nursing |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Frailty
- care homes