Frailty in Older people: Rehabilitation Treatment Research Examining Separate Setting PLUS (FORTRESS Plus) on quality of life in frail older people (70 years and over).

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital0 sites106 target enrollmentOctober 20, 2023

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

October 20, 2023

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

•To be eligible to participate in the FORTRESS Plus Study, people must be:
•Aged 70 years and over.
•Admitted to the study wards at Hornsby Ku\-ring\-gai Hospital (2D, 3D and 4D)
•Assessed as frail (using the FRAIL Scale Risk Assessment Tool) by the FORTRESS Clinician (scored 3 or greater on this scale)
•Reside at home in the community within the NSLHD catchment area (i.e., do not reside in a Residential Aged Care Facility)
•Have achieved a score of 22 or more on the MMSE (in the last 2 months)
•Be English speaking.

•The following patients will be excluded from the FORTRESS Plus study:
•People admitted to hospital with a new stroke (during the indexed admission).
•People who are not frail (i.e., score less than 3 on the FRAIL Scale)
•People who have an estimated life expectancy of less than 12 months (as determined by The Illness Severity Rating Scale)
•People who are unable to cooperate with an intervention program.
•People aged less than 70 years.
•Those unable to walk without the assistance of one other person.
•Anyone who resides in a Residential Aged Care Facility
•Participants who were recruited into the FORTRESS study.