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People aged over 75 with frailty who are at highest risk of death have a distinctive frailty trajectory in the last 12 months of life, with a rapid initial rise from a low baseline, followed by a plateau. Routine measurement of frailty can be useful to support clinicians to identify people with frailty who are potential candidates for palliative care, and allow time for intervention.
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