Clinical Frailty Scale Category 9

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A Clinical Frailty Scale category that indicates that an individual is terminally ill. Approaching the end of life. This category applies to people with a life expectancy of less than 6 months, who are not otherwise evidently frail. Many terminally ill patients can still exercise until very close to death.

**Synonyms:** - 9 (terminally ill)