Existing approaches differ widelyin how frailty is conceptualised and defined (Abellan van Kan et al.,2008; Hogan et al., 2003; Sternberg et al., 2011), with theapproaches of Fried and Rockwood currently leading the field.Fried views frailty as a clinical syndrome ??? a cluster of specificsymptoms and signs including weight loss, exhaustion, lowphysical activity, muscle weakness and slow walking s