Patterns, predictors, and outcomes of frailty trajectories in community-dwelling older adults: Results from the FREEDOM Cohort Study.

Objectives: To identify subgroups of people with distinct frailty trajectories, identify baseline characteristics associated with these trajectories, and determine their coincident clinical outcomes.

Design: This study examined the longitudinal database from the FREEDOM Cohort Study.

Setting And Participants: All 497 participants of the FREEDOM (French Acronym for "FRagilitéEtEvaluation àDOMicile" / In English "Frailty and Evaluation at Home") cohort requested a comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Effectiveness of a home-based telesurveillance program in reducing hospital readmissions in older patients with chronic disease: The eCOBAHLT randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Given that chronic, long-term conditions are increasingly common in older patients, the impact of telesurveillance program on clinical outcomes is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a 12-month remote monitoring program in preventing rehospitalizations in older patients with two or more chronic diseases returning home after hospitalization.

Methods: We conducted a multicenter randomized controlled trial in two parallel groups to evaluate the remote monitoring system.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine programme for preventing unplanned hospitalisations of older adults living in nursing homes: the GERONTACCESS cluster randomized clinical trial.

Objective: The GERONTACCESS trial evaluated the utility and cost-effectiveness of a gerontological telemedicine (TLM) programme for preventing unplanned hospitalisation of residents living in nursing homes (NHs) in regions lacking medical facilities and/or qualified medical providers ("medical deserts").

Design: GERONTACCESS was a 12-month, multicentre, prospective cluster-randomised trial conducted in NHs. The intervention group underwent TLM assessments every 3 months.

Risk factors of frailty and functional disability in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the FREEDOM-LNA cohort study.

Background: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with disability and negative health outcome. To determine the factors associated with frailty and functional disability in older participants living in community in France. We included 753 community-dwelling old participants with available frailty data at baseline.

Impact of the abandonment of assistive technologies for mobility on the incidence of serious falls in older adults living at home: Results of the ECOCAT study.

Purpose: To examine the impact of discontinuing the use of assistive technology for mobility (ATM) devices on the 6-months incidence of falls in older adults (OA) living at home.

Materials And Methods: A medico-socioeconomic survey was performed to collect information on the quality of life and well-being of older adults, before and 6 months after being loaned an ATM device. Personal data (medical, social, and economic) were collected via a geriatric survey.