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Frailty is a state of vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis following a stress. It can be quantified using an e-frailty index.
Clinicians often use frailty as a criterion for making decisions about ‘ceilings of care’ and the use of high technology interventions or not, but little is known about older people’s views of their own frailty and how these views influence plans for future care.
This project seeks to understand the complex interrelationships between older people’s e-frailty index and their desire for ‘quality of life’ over ‘quantity of life; through a survey of older people and then in-depth interviews.
This project will align to work package 4 (Understanding the person in context), and will explore how older people view different models of care, high technology interventions (e.g. ventilation, intensive care) and how their own level of frailty might influence their views about their ‘quality’ versus ‘quantity’ of life.
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