Objectives: Frailty is a pre-disability condition in older persons providing a challenge to Health-Care Systems. Systematic reviews highlight the absence of a gold-standard for its identification. However, an approach based on initial screening by the General Practitioner (GP) seems particularly… Continue Reading →

Aging in humans is highly heterogeneous and its variability increases with increasing age (1). As a consequence, chronological age is of limited utility for diagnosis, prognostication and treatment guidance. In addition, age by itself is of limited use for the… Continue Reading →

The global population of 65-older-people is increasing. These elderly people are mostly living with chronic diseases. The challenge is to improve or preserve the health and quality of life of these people. Current research is focused on identifying individuals who… Continue Reading →