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By Lorraine K. McEvoy, DNP, MSN, RN, OCN  / January 25, 2016

Deconditioning in Older Adults With Cancer: A Cascade to Dependency

It is estimated that nearly half of adults over age 80 living in the community are frail despite apparent functional well-being.1 Frailty is recognized as a clinical syndrome in which three or more of the following criteria are present: unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness, ...