Frail definition

Frail. (AOA Title III-D) means having a physical or mental disability, including Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction, that restricts the ability of an individual to perform normal daily tasks or that threatens the capacity of an individual to live independently.

Frail means that an older individual is determined to be functionally impaired because the individual either:

Frail means a condition of functionally impaired determined because the older person:

Examples of Frail in a sentence

• The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons.

• Interleukin-6, C-Reactive Protein, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha as Predictors of Mortality in Frail, Community- Living Elderly Individuals.

• The CCG is proactively working with its community provider and Primary Care to write an overarching Strategy for Frail Elderly and to agree an integrated service model.

• Requires an allocation of $2,788,223 for the Case Management Program for the Frail Elderly, and requires $1,385,015 of the allocation be transferred to the Department of Human Services (DHS) in equal amounts on a quarterly basis for Case Management reimbursement under the Medicaid Elderly Waiver.

• Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS); Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS); Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation Illness, Loss of Weight Index (FRAIL Index); Inter-Frail; Prisma-7; Sherbrooke Postal Ques- tionnaire; Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB); Gait Speed or Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) Index are the scales recom- mended by ADVANTAGE.

More Definitions of Frail

Frail means having a physical or mental disability, including having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction, which restricts the ability of an individual to perform normal daily tasks or which threatens the capacity of an individual to live independently.

Frail. When an older individual is (1) determined to be is unable to perform at least two activities of daily living without substantial human assistance, including verbal reminding, physical cueing, or supervision or (2) unable to perform at least three such activities without such assistance; or, (3) due to a cognitive or other mental impairment, requires substantial supervision because the individual be-haves in a manner that poses a serious health or safety hazard to the individual or to another individual.

Frail means, with respect to an older individual in a State, that the older individual is determined to be functionally impaired because the

Frail means an individual fifty-five (55) years of age or older who is functionally impaired because the individual:

Frail means an older adult who is determined to be functionally impaired due to:

Frail means that the older individual is determined to be functionally impaired because the individual—

Frail means an individual 55 years of age and older who is determined to be functionally impaired because he or she is unable to perform at least two activities of daily living without substantial human assistance, including verbal reminding, physical cueing, or supervision; or at the option of the State, is unable to perform at least three such activities without such assistance; or due to a cognitive or other mental impairment, requires substantial supervision because the individual behaves in a manner that poses a serious health or safety hazard to the individual or to another individual.