In any event, his increasingly frail health would have made any active participation in government an impossibility.

In the event, despite her increasingly frail health, she was there for him to the end, as she had always been.

Or to people whose combination of frail health and frail finances forces them into a nursing home with sketchy care?

Her dad has been in frail health.

Those close to him knew his frail health had worsened when he was nominated to serve a fourth term, but voters weren't let in on the secret.

Health officials blamed a rising tide of frail patients.

At the same time, support workers have been asked to take on more specialised tasks such as nutrition, hygiene, moving frail patients and even taking blood samples and heartbeat monitoring.

Elderly and frail patients are also treated on site.

It also leads to muscle wastage in frail patients, who remain in bed without moving.

Its has been used mainly as a substitute of busulfan in frail patients, as the side effects and toxicity are supposedly less severe.

But in recent years she had grown increasingly frail, become bed-ridden and lost the use of one arm.

He said that the family doctor system was 'imploding' under the weight of more patients who are increasingly frail.

Most become increasingly frail and confused, a process that may be aggravated by the side-effects of medication.

In any event, his increasingly frail health would have made any active participation in government an impossibility.

He said that the musician had become increasingly frail, and sometimes had to indicate his wishes with gestures.