Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale
Purpose : Fraily evaluation tool
Admin time : 5 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : GP or nurse
Content : Definition of 9 degrees of frailt, from Very Fit to Terminally ill
Author : K. Rockwood, 2005
Copyright : Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Permission for Use :
To guard against copyright infringement or unlicensed commercial use, the copyright holder asks all potential users to complete a Permission for Use request. Requests are reviewed by the Industry Liaison Office at Dalhousie University to determine whether a license agreement is required. Requests for non-commercial educational, clinical and research use, as well as for reprint usually do not require a license agreement.
Training :
The Online Training Course seeks to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of frailty and how to accurately determine a person's Clinical Frailty Scale score based on their specific circumstances. A completion certificate is awarded at the end of the course.
This Tool is used in the evaluation of Frailty
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This Tool is also used in Proactive Care
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