NHS Sussex survey: staying healthy and independent as you age
Shared on behalf of NHS Sussex
NHS Sussex we are looking at how they can support people, and their carers, as they get older to stay healthy, well and independent.
What is frailty?
Frailty is a way of describing someone's overall resilience and how this relates to their chance of recovering quickly following health problems. It doesn’t mean they lack capacity or are incapable of living a full and independent life. For example, a relatively ‘minor’ health problem, such as a urinary tract infection, can have a serious long term impact on someone’s health and wellbeing depending on how resilient they are.
This is why it is so important that people living with frailty have access to well-planned, joined-up care to prevent problems arising in the first place - and a rapid, specialist response should anything go wrong.
Frailty isn’t the same as living with multiple long-term health conditions. There’s often overlap, but someone living with frailty may have no other diagnosed health conditions.
Someone living with frailty may need to adapt how they live their life and find new ways to manage day to day tasks. This can be true for their family too. There's good evidence to support working with individual older people and their families to put in place care and support plans tailored to meet individual needs, based around people's own goals and preferences.
Take part
Your views and experiences will directly influence a new service that is being developed to support people to stay well and also help people if they do lose some of their independence.
Let NHS Sussex know what you think via their new survey. By completing this survey, you could be entered into a prize draw with the chance of winning a £25 voucher as a thank you.
This survey will close on Sunday 4th May 2025. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete, and each response will be reviewed and analysed.