Dr. Kenneth Rockwood administers a聽Geriatric Ambulatory Care/Memory Disability Clinic which sees seniors with health problems related to frailty or dementia.
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood is changing how the world thinks about ageing.
Dr. Rockwood developed the "Clinical Frailty Scale鈥 at 麻豆传媒资源 University, in close collaboration with mathematician Arnold Mitnitski, with whom he had developed the frailty index. For both measures the team translated various signs of frailty into a numerical ranking, with lower scores being less severe. This system is now used in hospital networks around the globe.
Things like聽inactivity, poor nutrition,聽and聽social isolation or loneliness,聽and聽multiple medications聽contribute to frailty.聽When you live with frailty,聽your body聽has less ability to聽cope with minor illnesses聽that would normally have minimal聽impact if you were healthy. Depending on the degree of 聽frailty, even聽minor stressors聽may trigger rapid and dramatic deterioration.
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood has practiced and taught geriatric medicine and neurology at 麻豆传媒资源 University for 30 years. He聽is the world鈥檚 foremost international expert on frailty. For twenty-five years he was s also the Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research at 麻豆传媒资源 University. An accomplished researcher, and a health system leader, he leads Nova Scotia Health鈥檚 Frailty and Elder Care Network.
Small changes can have big results in an individual鈥檚 overall wellness. Dr. Rockwood鈥檚 continues to work with a focus on guiding patients through accessible adjustments to their health. As he says, 鈥渨e engage patients where they鈥檙e at.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檙e focusing on everyday health, such as eating well, learning well, and exercising,鈥 he says. 鈥淐hallenge your thinking, assess hearing and vision, consume fewer processed foods. These are changes that, with help, anyone can make that will have a huge impact on their long-term health.鈥
