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Printed on 4/21/2026
For informational purposes only. This is not medical advice.
FRAIL-NH is a frailty scoring framework adapted for nursing-home and institutional long-term-care populations. It draws on functional dependency and clinical vulnerability items to estimate frailty burden and support risk stratification and care planning.
Formula: FRAIL-NH is represented as a summed frailty-burden score; higher totals indicate greater frailty burden.
FRAIL-NH has published validation in institutional older-adult cohorts and is used for frailty risk stratification in long-term care.
Higher FRAIL-NH totals suggest greater frailty burden and increased need for multidisciplinary long-term-care planning.
Use in nursing-home and long-term-care settings for structured frailty burden assessment and monitoring.
Score structure and cutoffs can differ by implementation source; interpret with local protocol context.
For related assessments, see Clinical Frailty Scale, FRAIL Scale and Frailty Index-40.
Disclaimer: This tool is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider with questions about your health.
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