"I Can't Do as Much as I Used to": Concept of Frailty as Defined by Older Adults

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Identifier EBP2016_poster_FELSTED
Title "I Can't Do as Much as I Used to": Concept of Frailty as Defined by Older Adults
Creator Felsted, Katarina; Lai, Djin; Doyon, Kate; Njenga, Angela; Hofmann, Linda; Routt, Meghan; Ruegg, Tracy; Yang, May
Subject Evidence-Based Practice; Aged; Frail Elderly; Self Concept; Functional Status; Independent Living; Social Interaction; Patient-Centered Care; Quality of Life; Poster
Description Frailty is a concept that lacks a consistent definition and operationalization across disciplines. Utilizing Straussian grounded theory, this study sought to explore how older adults viewed frailty in order to establish a more patient-centered use of the term. Researchers agree that frailty is multidimensional, exists on a continuum, and varies over time. However, this study proposes that frailty as experienced by older adults, is a highly individualized self-concept, formed by personal and social interactions and processes between older adults and their social networks, centered around aging and the prospect of dependency, forming the basis of a patient-centered concept of frailty.
Relation is Part of Evidence Based Nursing - 2016
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2016
Date 2016
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Source Evidence-Based Practice 2016
Rights Management Copyright 2016. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6b89mnr
Setname ehsl_ebp
ID 1399587
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b89mnr
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