How can hospices support people living with frailty?

On this page you can find information about effective models of hospice care for patients with frailty.

As well as enhancing self-care at home, successful approaches include collaborating with prisons, domicillary care providers, ambulance services and nursing homes.

Frailty-attuned models of care

We've developed these resources using the learning from our Extending Frailty Care programme, which ran from April 2022 to March 2025, with the generous support of the Kirby Laing Foundation.