TY - JOUR T1 - Frailty care in a community based clinic – maximising the potential of integrated care JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 43 LP - 43 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s43 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Mark Rickenbach AU - Abigail Barkham Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/43.abstract N2 - To develop a pragmatic model for frailty care in one locality, and assess both the benefits and blocks to wider application within one vanguard multispecialty community provider (MCP) in Hampshire.A series of facilitated meetings were funded in 2016 to establish an integrated care approach to reducing inappropriate admissions for frail patients in crisis. A local champion and the appointment of two frailty nurses within Hampshire provided a focus on frailty. The clinic evolved as part of a series of Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles, and was then evaluated … ER -