Biological vs Chronological Age
What is the difference between biological and chronological age? How is it measured?
This activity will debunk “frailty” as a concept. What is the difference between biological and chronological age? How is it measured? What are the advantages of early intervention and what can we say about the reversibility of the ageing process itself? What are the clinical implications of frailty?
This activity is meant to be interactive and will walk the user through the “Frailty Tool” app that has been developed by a research group from McGill University that specializes in geriatric cardiology.
- Download the Frailty Tool app Download the app from Google Play or the App Store
- Physiological Age: The Age That Matters Science agrees that a distinction exists between chronological age (the one marked by your birthday cake) and physiological age (determined by how well your body functions).
- TILDA: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative, longitudinal study on ageing in Ireland, the overarching aim of which is to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow old.
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