Slide show Presented Oct 29, 2010
Discusses many different Frailty scales, and likes the following simple one.
FRAIL
• Fatigue (by self-report)
• Resistance (reported inability to walk up 10 steps without stopping)
• Ambulation (reported inability to walk ¼ mile on own without aids)
• Illnesses (more than 5 illnesses)
• Loss of weight (reported 10+ lb of wt loss in past year)
Over half of the slides are on the topic of Vitamin D
See also at VitaminDWiki
- Search VitaminDWiki for Frailty 149 items in text as of May 2025
- Frailty is related to many things, such as low vitamin D – Sept 2018
- Frailty can be avoided – vitamin D is one of the ways – July 2017
- Elderly with less than 15 ng were 3.7X more frail – May 2010
- OVERVIEW: Seniors Lack Vitamin D
- Faility and prefraility associated with low levels of vitamin D – Nov 2012
- Seniors were 2X more likely to have functional limitation in 3 years if vitamin D deficient – Sept 2013