Frailty iCARE

• What is frailty?

  • NHS England has defined frailty as a progressive, long-term health condition characterised by a loss of physical and/or cognitive resilience.

• What is the impact of frailty?

  • In England, there are 1.8 million people aged over 60 living with frailty. The presence of frailty and its severity correlate with poor outcomes, such as poor quality of life, institutionalisation, mortality and increasing cost to health and care systems.

• What is the Frailty iCARE toolkit?

  • A regional frailty toolkit is being developed across the North East and North Cumbria. The toolkit offers advice on preventing frailty and supporting for people, families and carers living with frailty.

  • The toolkit is designed around the acronym - ‘Involve, Consider, Assess, Respond and Evaluate’ and includes information to support delivery and measurement of best practice.

  • The toolkit is aligned to the NHS Long-Term Plan’s Ageing Well priorities (i.e. Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes, Anticipatory Care and Urgent Community Response) and the Universal Personalised Care programme.

  • For more information please visit the frailtyicare website.