Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? This ground-breaking book takes a holistic approach to frailty. It connects the medical literature with the wider social science discourse on ageing, and focuses on promoting wellbeing and the building up of strengths. Drawing together the latest biomedical evidence and good practice, it explores ideas about assets and resilience, the role of society and the social model of disability in relation to frailty, arguing that insufficient attention is paid to positive action such as developing bone strength, maintaining good nutrition and exercising.

Shibley Rahman is a freelance researcher and academic physician. He researches long-term conditions, particularly frailty and dementia, speaks regularly on the implications of diagnosis and post-diagnostic care, as well as wellbeing, and advocates rights-based approaches. Dr Rahman's book, Living Well with Dementia, won the award for best book for health and social care in the BMA Book Awards 2015.

Foreword I (Ken Rockwood)

Foreword II (Adam Gordon)

Chapter 1 Frailty: from awareness to identity

Chapter 2 Living well with frailty: from identity to care

Chapter 3 Evidence-based practice in frailty: falls and activity

Chapter 4 Surgical outcomes, cognitive frailty and delirium

Chapter 5 Sarcopenia and frailty

Chapter 6 Interventions in frailty care and enhancing independence

Chapter 7 Person-centred integrated care and end of life

Afterword