A Holistic Patient-centred Intervention to Improve Outcomes of Older People Living With Frailty and Chronic Heart Failure

Inclusion Criteria10

• • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
• Male or Female, aged 65 years or above.
• Diagnosed with CHF for at least 1 year (Signs and symptoms of HF \& either LVEF \<40% or LVEF ≥40% with evidence of structural cardiac abnormality on echocardiogram including increased left atrial size, LV hypertrophy or impaired LV filling and/or raised natriuretic peptides: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) \<35 pg/mL/ N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) \<125 pg/mL)
• CFS ≥5
• Willing to actively engage in a 12-week intervention developed by our team targeting older people with frailty and CHF
• Willing to wear a wrist accelerometer for 7 days before the intervention as well as during the 12-week intervention to assess physical activity profile and monitor adherence to exercise programme
• Willing to comply with all study requirements.
• Willing to allow his or her General Practitioner and consultant, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study
• Willing to provide feedback regarding the intervention in the form of interview/ focus groups/ surveys to help refine the intervention
• Willing for audio recordings or note taking to take place during interviews/ focus groups