British Geriatrics Society
Scientific Meetings
Library of Presentations

As an experiment, the BGS will publish copies of powerpoint presentations delivered at its Scientific Meetings. The conditions of publication on this site are as follows:

  1. The BGS will only publish those presentations for which it is given permission of the primary author.
  2. The presentation will be published in .pdf format, with the authors' name watermarked into each page, and with certain security measures built into the pdf document.
  3. The presentation will remain on this site for a maximum two years.
  4. Copyright remains vested in the authors of the presentation.

Library of presentations

Event Venue Authors Presentation Title
Autumn 2008 (Birmingham)
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2008		 Birmingham Jagdish Sharma Cardio-coronary-protection in acute stroke
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2008		 Birmingham Shoumitro Deb Down's Syndrome and Dementia
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2008		 Birmingham David Oliver What's new in preventing falls in hospitals and care homes?
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2008		 Birmingham Finbarr Martin Secondary prevention of falls and fractures: a challenge to specialist and community integration
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2008		 Birmingham Jan Beynon The Day Hospital - Past, Present and Future?
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2008		 Birmingham Sarah Black Older Adults with intellectual disability - a view from old age psychiatry
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2008		 Birmingham Gillian Parker From joint planning to continuity of care - what about the outcomes?
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2008		 Birmingham Sally-Ann Cooper Caring for older persons with intellectual disabilities
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2008		 Birmingham Chris Phillipson
Trevor Howell Lecture
 Re-defining 'old age' for the 21st Century: Issues for Policy and Practice
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2008		 Birmingham Owen David Fitness to Drive: Neurological Disease
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2008		 Birmingham Peter Belfield Appraisal - pushing standards or a painful experience (Appraisal vs Revalidation)
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2008		 Birmingham Steve Iliffe
Marjory Warren Lecture		 Factoids & Policy Zombies in the care of older people (Primary Care)
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2008		 Birmingham Steve Allen Airways disease in old age: common and difficult to treat
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2008		 Birmingham Avan Aihie Sayer Sarcopenia - an unrecognised geriatric giant?
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2008		 Birmingham Roger Francis Musculoskeletal disease in older people
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2008		 Birmingham    
Spring 2008 (Glasgow)
Spring 2008 Glasgow J Sugden, F Sniehotta, P Boyle, P Donnan, D Johnston, M McMurdo An open pilot study of the feasibility of using pedometers plus advice to increase physical activity in sedentary older women
Spring 2008 Glasgow G D Kerr, L Bowie, C Sellars, J Bagg, M P Sweeney, P Langhorn, D J Stott Dry mouth after stroke
Spring 2008 Glasgow R E Hubbard, M Sinead O'Mahony, B L Calver, K W Woodhouse Inflammation and frailty measure in older people