Abstract:Frailty exerts serious consequences on health and quality of life of the elderly, which warrants due attention to the identification and prevention of frailty at early stage to avoid its progression and resultant disability. Functional rehabilitation is crucial for the prevention of and recovery from frailty, and the current approaches mainly include exercise rehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation, and gradual extension to pulmonary rehabilitation and swallowing rehabilitation. Nursing staff should play an active role in frailty rehabilitation of the elderly, leading a frailty rehabilitation system, practicing proactive health, taking preventive interventions earlier, and putting more emphasis on those with moderate to severe frailty. A comprehensive strategy may be adopted for rehabilitation nursing, and a paradigm combining the Internet and caregivers′ company can improve the compliance and safety of older people.