[Supporting the frail elderly: from resilience to reducing hospitalizations]. / Accompagner la fragilité des personnes âgées : de la résilience à la diminution des hospitalisations.

The frail elderly population will most certainly continue to grow in the coming years. Consequently, the number of hospitalizations and the iatrogenic dependence linked to them will increase. In this context, it seems interesting to question frailty. Indeed, accompanying, in ambulatory care, these patients towards a resilient behavior is one of the roles of advanced practice nurses, which it would be judicious to deepen in order to decrease the recourse to hospitalization.