Frailty syndrome
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Aug 25, 2026
Joanna McMillanHOST
I want to start with a few numbers because I think they genuinely haven't landed in the public consciousness the way that they should have.
Joanna McMillanHOST
Frailty affects more than one in five older adults globally.
Joanna McMillanHOST
Not muscle soreness, not just feeling a little bit stiff, clinical frailty.
Joanna McMillanHOST
That's a state of reduced physical reserve where vulnerability to health shocks accelerates and independence shrinks.
George TakachGUEST
And then there's some very interesting diseases that people, you know, frankly, aren't really up the curve on.
George TakachGUEST
One is frailty.
George TakachGUEST
If you're falling and you're falling a lot or even just once, Frailty is a serious medical condition, but it's very interesting.
George TakachGUEST
If you look at the studies, there are three degrees of frailty, sort of mild, moderate, and then severe.
George TakachGUEST
So if you're going from mild to moderate, a physician might say, well, look, with some exercise, diet, some other things, we can get you back to mild, in which case you'll be refused MAID.