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Kenneth Rockwood

@Krockdoc

Newfoundlander. Geriatrician, internist. Big on sharing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, individualization, and the joy of geriatrics to enable frailty care.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Joined May 2015
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Kenneth Rockwood @Krockdoc
We’ve all seen renaming mistaken for progress. Who wouldn’t say they hate the name cancer too, especially if primed with this:
“a practice or phenomenon perceived to be evil or destructive and hard to contain or eradicate”? Progress requires us to focus on the condition.
Giuseppe Bellelli @GiusepeBellelli Aug 9, 2024
I couldn't agree more with this @Krockdoc
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Kenneth Rockwood @Krockdoc
Yes! And the benefit from grades of frailty. Also favours treatment trials, with patient-centred goals, and special attention to the early treatment response. See: “Frailty affects the initial treatment response/time to recovery admitted to hospital…” Age Ageing. PMID: 28104595.
Victoria Ramos Verified account @vicktoriavic Aug 8, 2024
Frailty in older adults @Krockdoc 👏👏👏👏👏

"Frailty assessment should be used not as a convenient way to withhold potentially effective treatments but rather as a tool to facilitate patient-centered care"

#Frailty #MustRead
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Kenneth Rockwood @Krockdoc
Good on ya. In my experience, it’s not the word to which people object, it’s the state. Better than renaming, understand frailty and tackle it. Often in hospitals, no matter the word, many are comfortable in denigrating the people who live with it. That’s what needs to change.
Karen @Karen17997643 Aug 8, 2024
@DrAROrkaby @DaeKimMD @Krockdoc @NEJM I am going to try to read this with an open mind.. the word "frailty " just makes me uncomfortable.
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