Fighting frailty, before I knew it, stealthily has become a personal challenge 

whether I like it or not.

As a physician, I used to advise the elderly frail patients and their families 

as this article illustrate. One example, I used to advise the caregiver that

my patient must be helped to get up and move around for a few minutes or longer

every 30 minutes during the day while watching TV or reading.

Now for some time I have realized I must practice what I used to preach,

and must eat my words.

Frailty, thy name is not woman but the elderly!

By the time anyone fulfills the criteria for the diagnosis of frailty,

chances are that it is too late for that person to reverse the course.

I witnessed only a few cases where my patient reversed the course 

out of the condition of frailty. One 99-year-old man, the father of an MD,

did so by eating lots of cheese along with his motivated efforts.

Like any medical condition, frailty is a progressive condition with

many early warning symptoms and signs to which we must listen

if we want to prevent it from happening.

And that's where our daily challenges are.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/stay-strong-four-ways-to-beat-the-frailty-risk
[Stay Strong: Four Ways to Beat the Frailty Risk]