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Learning Objectives
Understand the multidimensional aspects of frailty syndrome in older adults in the acute hospital population.
Understand the poor prognoses associated with this diagnosis in this setting.
Recognize the roles each of the various disciplines within the healthcare team contributes to managing the frail inpatient especially as it relates to care transitions.
How to assist to ease caregiver burden when the care recipient has the added diagnosis of frailty.
How the diagnosis of frailty can impact metrics such as LOS and predictable rehospitalizations