[Comment] Reorienting frailty in clinical practice, public health, and policy: the Lancet Commission on Frailty
WHO's policy framework for healthy ageing from the World Report on Ageing and Health recognises frailty as the foremost geriatric syndrome in older adults and a key determinant of functional ability.1 Frailty poses a major public health challenge, with a substantial impact on the people living with it, their families, health-care systems, and social support services.1,2 However, frailty is a poorly understood condition globally. Without an adequate understanding of frailty and its causal pathways, policy makers cannot develop effective preventive strategies to reduce frailty prevalence and its associated burden.
WHO's policy framework for healthy ageing from the World Report on Ageing and Health recognises frailty as the foremost geriatric syndrome in older adults and a key determinant of functional ability.1 Frailty poses a major public health challenge, with a substantial impact on the people living with it, their families, health-care systems, and social support services.1,2 However, frailty is a poorly understood condition globally. Without an adequate understanding of frailty and its causal pathways, policy makers cannot develop effective preventive strategies to reduce frailty prevalence and its associated burden.
