Johns Hopkins Frailty Assessment Resources
FrailtyScience.org, a website sponsored and maintained by the JHU OAIC, offers resources on frailty measurement. Please see the following links for more information:
- Definitions and Assessment of Frailty
- Matching the Assessment Method to the Goal and Developing Frailty Assessment Methods
- Guidance on Selecting a Frailty Assessment Instrument
- Definition Sheets for Selected Frailty Instruments
Additionally, in an attempt to standardize the practice of physical frailty assessment and the computing algorithm, an online Frailty Assessment Calculator was developed by the JHU OAIC to maximize the inference validity for cross-study comparisons or meta analysis. Click here to learn more about the online Frailty Assessment Calculator.
Johns Hopkins Healthy Aging Studies Unit
The Healthy Aging Studies Unit (HASU), located on the Bayview Medical Campus, provides infrastructure for clinical research studies on frailty. These include: research assistants trained in the assessment of physical frailty and cognitive measures, information technology, and nursing personnel. It also also maintains a registry of older adults in the Baltimore region who are willing to consider participation in clinical and intervention studies. Please contact Sr. Research Program Manager, Jackie Langdon, for more information on HASU resources.
JHU OAIC Funding Opportunities and Requests for Proposals
The JHU OAIC offers annual to biennial support to junior faculty and researchers interested in frailty science, from methodological to etiological to interventional studies. Please contact Center Administrator, Brian Buta, regarding available funding opportunities.
- Calls for funding proposals in the 2024-2025 grant year are now closed. Announcements for 2024-2025 awardees will be made by mid-July. You can please contact [email protected] with questions.