Assessing Frailty in Older Adults With Functional Mental Illness

Inclusion Criteria

• •Aged ≥65 years
• •Diagnosis of one of the following functional mental illnesses; depression, anxiety, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia.
• •Currently in receipt of mental health services under The Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• •Presence of ≥2 of the following frailty indicators: Aged ≥75 years old, prescribed ≥5 medications, a history of ≥1 fall/s in the 6-month period prior to assessment, admission to hospital in the 6-month period prior to assessment. In receipt of weekly support for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, In receipt of daily support for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) tasks, ≥2 chronic physical health conditions.
• •Fluent in English language.
• •Able to provide informed consent to engage in the study.
• •Able to tolerate the mental and physical demands of the study