Frailty is a common, heterogeneous, geriatric syndrome associated with adverse health events. Over the last years, a growing debate has emerged concerning the inclusion of cognitive impairment in the definition of frailty. In fact, cognitive impairment has been increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to the clinical vulnerability of older persons. This review presents key studies describing the interrelationships between cognition and frailty; in particular we examine the clinical relevance of cognitive impairment in the determination of the frailty syndrome.
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Yassuda, M. S., & Aprahamian, I. (2017). Frailty and Cognition. In Encyclopedia of Geropsychology (pp. 906–911). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_327
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