Study recruiting for frailty prevention
Researchers are recruiting for a study aiming to improve older people’s quality of life and wellbeing and reduce their frailty.
A national research collaboration is seeking participants for a frailty prevention program for older adults focusing on exercise, nutrition, medication optimisation, and social engagement.
These four things are the pillars of frailty prevention and also management when it does manifest, Natasha Reid from the University of Queensland and the Australian Frailty Network, told Community Care Review at the recent Australian Association of Gerontology Conference in Hobart.
Known as the FITTEST study, the collaboration of eight universities and four industry partners is aiming to recruit 390 older people from across Australia.
“Half of them will receive a self management approach where we’ve distilled all of the guidelines into a single online platform, and the other half will receive a supervisor approach,” Dr Reid told CCR.
Here Dr Reid explains more about the program and how older people and health and aged care professionals can get involved:
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