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Cumulative Deficits Model of Frailty

• Decreased physiologic reserves • Accumulation of decline among multiple organ systems • Decreased resistance to stressors “a state of increased vulnerability due to impairments in many systems that may give rise to diminished ability to respond to even mild stresses, incorporates multimorbidity and central nervous system impairments that can be recognized in relation to cognitive and affective disorders” (Rockwood, 2005)