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What is level 7 or 8 on the clinical frailty scale?

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), a nine-point scale for assessing fitness in older adults, expanded in 2007 to add more detailed categories at the high end of the spectrum. This expansion added more nuance to the top tier of frailty, making it easier for clinicians to distinguish between stages of severe decline, thereby better answering the question, **what is level 7 or 8 on the clinical frailty scale?**