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Failure to thrive: paradigm for the frail elder

A retrospective study suggests that the FTT is diagnosed when the elderly patient's functional ability to live with multisystem diseases, cope with the ensuing problems, and manage his/her own care are remarkably diminished and no longer responsive to health care interventions. Standard questio...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 1989-10, Vol.29 (Oct 89), p.654-659
Main Authors: Berkman, B, Foster, L W S, Campion, E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A retrospective study suggests that the FTT is diagnosed when the elderly patient's functional ability to live with multisystem diseases, cope with the ensuing problems, and manage his/her own care are remarkably diminished and no longer responsive to health care interventions. Standard questionnaires were used to abstract data from medical charts. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0016-9013