Editorial: Dementia, Frailty and Aging

Frontiers in Medicine

Wee-Shiong Lim¹ 

关键词: dementia;    frailty;    aging;    population aging;    big data;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2018.00168

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Population aging is both a worldwide success story and a worldwide health conundrum, with the increasing age of populations around the world leading to unprecedented challenges (1). According to the United Nations report on World Population Prospects (2017), there is an estimated 962 million people aged 60 years and above who comprise 13% of the global population (2). The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen health systems worldwide struggling to deliver quality healthcare amidst challenges posed by aging populations (3). Traditional medicine and models of care have been premised on the evaluation and treatment of standalone and usually acute diseases occurring in relatively younger individuals. This contrasts with the current reality of multiple, interacting, and often chronic conditions affecting older persons. It is thus necessary to disentangle the pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and inter-relationships of age-related conditions in order to personalize clinical interventions and realign health systems to better address the unmet needs of frail older persons (4, 5).

【 授权许可】

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