PeRsOnaliSed care Planning for oldER people with frailty (PROSPER): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is common in older age and is characterised by loss of biological reserves across multiple organ systems. These changes associated with frailty mean older people can be vulnerable to sudden, dramatic changes in health because of relatively small problems. Older people with frailty are at increased risk of adverse outcomes including disability, hospitalisation, and care home admission, with associated reduction in quality of life and increased NHS and social care costs. Personalised Care Planning offers an anticipatory, preventative approach to supporting older adults to live independently for longer, but it has not been robustly evaluated in a population of older adults with frailty.

Methods

Following an initial feasibility study, this multi-centre, indivi

SUBMITTER: Heaven A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759371 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature