"Frailty is often synonymous with old age, whether it's the physical frailty that leaves a person too weak to get out of a chair without assistance, or cognitive frailty that makes them increasingly vulnerable to becoming confused."
"When the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) assessed the health of older adults in Ireland during Covid, they concluded that 126,100 over-55s were living with frailty, including almost a fifth of all over 70s."
Frailty is commonly associated with aging, manifesting as physical weakness or cognitive decline. Research indicates that frailty can develop earlier than anticipated. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing revealed that during the Covid pandemic, 126,100 individuals over 55 in Ireland were living with frailty, with nearly 20% of those over 70 affected. This highlights the importance of addressing frailty proactively to improve health outcomes in older adults.
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