The Frailty In Residential Sector over Time (FIRST) study: methods and baseline cohort description.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Frailty In Residential Sector over Time (FIRST) Study is a 3-year prospective cohort study investigating the health of residents living in residential aged care services (RACS) in South Australia. The study aims to examine the change in frailty status and associated health outcomes.

Methods

This interim report presents data from March 2019-October 2020. The study setting is 12 RACS from one organisation across metropolitan and rural South Australia involving 1243 residents. All permanent (i.e. respite or transition care program excluded) residents living in the RACS for at least 8 weeks were invited to participate. Residents who were deemed to be medically unstable (e.g. experiencing delirium), have less than 3 months to live, or not fluent in English were exc

SUBMITTER: Jadczak AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7857100 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature