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1. Specialty of Geriatric Medicine

Standards of Specialist Care (Revised 2003 and 2007)
Rehabilitation of Older People (Revised 2009)
Clinical Governance and Older People (Published May 2008)

2. Ethics and Legal Issues

Advance Care Planning (published Feb 2009 - review date 2012)
Capacity and Testamentary Capacity (updated March 2006)
Nutritional Advice in Common Clinical Situations (Revised August 2009)
Copying Letters to Patients (revised January 2008)

3. Acute Hospital Based Issues in Health Care of Older People

Acute Medical Care for Elderly People (revised 2004)
The Older Person in the Accident and Emergency Department (Revised March 2008 )
The Discharge or transfer of care of frail older people for community health and social support (Revised May 2006)
Collaboration between Geriatricians and Psychiatrists of Old Age (revised November 2007)
Comprehensive assessment for the older frail patient (revised in January 2010)

4. Community Interface Issues in Health Care of Older People

Health Promotion and Preventive Care (published 2005)

Intermediate Care: Guidance for Commissioners and Providers of Health and Social Care (revised Feb 2008)

Geriatric (Medical) Day Care Hospitals for older people (revised Jan 2006)
Falls (published July 2007)
Assessment of Older People for Continuing Care (published Sept 2009)
Palliative Care and End of LIfe Care for Older People (published 2004, revised Feb 2009 - Review date Feb 2012)
Geriatricians and the management of long term conditions (published Feb 2005)
Abuse of Older People (published April 2005)
Orthogeriatric Models of Care (published November 2007)
Interface between primary and secondary medical care in the new NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland : the care of frail older people by GPs and consultant geriatricians [replaces Guidelines for appointing General Practitioners with a Special Interest in older people] and Interface between Primary and Secondary Medical Care in the new NHS in Scotland: The care of frail elderly people by GPs and Consultant Geriatricians
Hospital discharge of older people with cognitive impairment to care homes (published December 2006)

5. Training Section (see Education and Training Section Resources)

6. Individual Service Specifications

Parkinson's Disease (revised 2007)

Continence (published November 2007)
Stroke (published November 2007)
Diabetes (published May 2009)

 
 

See also useful reference material including guidance on appointment of GPsWI in older care; SpR core curriculum etc.

Also available for download, Clinical Guidelines including management of delirium, and management of depression in acquired brain injury