frailty is associated with adverse rehabilitation outcomes. The FI may have clinical utility, augmenting clinical judgement in the management of older inpatients.

This observational study shows a significantly increased incidence of falls and fracture in a hospital design with SRs compared with a multi-bedded facility. Consideration should be given to increased incidence of falls and falls-related injury in SRs when deciding on the percentage of single-room provision in new hospitals to admit frail older adults.

It is wrong for patients who are sick enough to require admission to hospital to be kept in the emergency department, and the entire health system must respond to their plight.

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