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Ten reasons to attend the BGS Spring Meeting

Health organisations come together to demand a future for social care

04 Mar 2019

Vacancy: BGS Membership Officer (Maternity Cover)

We are a Society that works hard to improve the care of older people, and supports and guides fellow professionals

- Dr Adhi Vedamurthy

Events

10 April

Spring Meeting 2019

10-12 April 2019

CARDIFF

The latest scientific research and best clinical practice in healthcare of older people

Spring Conference

26 April

Scotland Spring Meeting 2019

26 April 2019

EDINBURGH

A local forum for specialists responsible for the health care of older people

Nation Meeting

21 September

Leadership and Management Weekend 2019

21-22 September 2019

NOTTINGHAM

A 2 day residential course for senior registrars focusing on management & leadership issues that affect health services for older people.

Trainee Meeting

Latest

Featured Policy & Media Blogs Resources

Care homes in Wales: Your questions answered

19 March 2019

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published an information guide for older people and their families giving information about care homes.

Fact sheet

Abstracts of work presented at the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting 2019

07 March 2019

View, download and print the complete abstracts of work from the BGS Spring Meeting Cardiff, 10-12 April 2019.

In a series

Abstract

People’s experience using adult social care services

04 March 2019

This NICE quality standard (QS182) covers the experience of adults using social care services and is endorsed by the BGS.

In a series

Clinical guidelines

BGS Amulree Essay Prize winners announced

26 February 2019

The Amulree Essay Prize is awarded to medical students for an essay on a subject pertinent to ageing or old age written from a medical, biological or sociological point of view.

News

Age and Ageing appoints new Editor Professor Rowan Harwood

21 February 2019

Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, has appointed Professor Rowan Harwood as its new Editor from February 2019. Professor Harwood will succeed Professor David Stott who has been Editor since 2014.

News

Strong, Steady & Straight: NOS Exercise and Osteoporosis Consensus Statement

20 February 2019

Strong, Steady and Straight is an expert consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis from the National Osteoporosis Society, supported by the BGS.

Good practice guide

BGS Newsletter: Issue 69 February 2019

14 February 2019

Featuring a guide to big data, the lowdown on the long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan, polypharmacy and how podiatry interventions could help to reduce falls.

Members only

In a series

Newsletters

Presentation slides: Trainees Weekend 2019

14 February 2019

View and download presentation slides from the Trainees Weekend 2019

Members only

In a series

Presentation

Physicians´ opinion on a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) to estimate individual medication-related falls risk: International survey

11 March 2019

This questionnaire is intended to be completed by Physicians (GPs and Hospital Specialists) and other health care professionals who see in their clinical practice older adults (≥ 65 years) who are at risk of falls.

News

Health organisations come together to demand a future for social care

04 March 2019

News

BGS Amulree Essay Prize winners announced

26 February 2019

The Amulree Essay Prize is awarded to medical students for an essay on a subject pertinent to ageing or old age written from a medical, biological or sociological point of view.

News

Age and Ageing appoints new Editor Professor Rowan Harwood

21 February 2019

News

Present your work at BGS meetings

13 February 2019

Do you have an interesting abstract presented elsewhere that you feel would also be of benefit to delegates at BGS meetings?

News

BGS Nurse and AHP Council position statement on workforce and education

12 February 2019

BGS Nurse and AHP Council have identified five levels of health and care staff in the workforce where specific knowledge and skills pertaining to working with older people, who may be living or dying with frailty, requires a tailored educational and practice development response.

Policy

New Chair for BGS Community Geriatrics Special Interest Group

12 February 2019

BGS Community and Geriatrics Special Interest Group announces Dr Shelagh O'Riordan as its new Chair.

News

The British Geriatrics Society welcomes improved access to primary care

31 January 2019

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) welcomes the announcement of a new five-year plan for the NHS in England

News

Pain and Frailty: Do they go hand in hand?

20 March 2019

Blog

A common European postgraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine

18 March 2019

Demographic changes associated with increased longevity, care requirements and growing multi-morbidity make a strong case for the specialty of Geriatric Medicine. Currently more than 70% of the European Union member states already recognise and commit to Geriatric Medicine as a specialty. However, there are considerable differences in the way the specialty is practiced across Europe.

Blog

Living well as dementia progresses: helping carers across the world to feel more prepared and supported

15 March 2019

As an alternative way to share research findings with those who are most likely to be affected by dementia, the team developed a free, online course: Dementia Care: Living Well as Dementia Progresses. The course is aimed at family carers who are supporting someone in the more advanced stages of the condition.

Blog

World Delirium Awareness Day 2019: an opportunity not a problem

13 March 2019

Delirium is serious and treatable, and yet some healthcare professionals appear to rather indifferent towards it. Although exact estimates vary, delirium is one of the most prevalent acute disorders in general hospitals.

Blog

Could too low blood pressure in old age increase mortality?

12 March 2019

With increasing age, blood pressure rises as a consequence of arterial stiffness, caused by the biological process of ageing and arteries becoming clogged with fatty substances, otherwise known as arteriosclerosis. Large hypertension trials showed that lowering blood pressure in people over 60 is beneficial and lowers the risk of heart attacks, stroke, and all-cause mortality, even in people over 80.

Blog

When is Alzheimer’s disease not dementia?

08 March 2019

Blog

The essential need to educate all about age and ageing

01 March 2019

The population is ageing and more and more professionals are required to work with older people wherever that may be; in specialist services, primary care, care homes, acute surgery or in an emergency department and everywhere.

Blog

Acute Frailty and Cross Boundary Care - Wirral’s Perspective

26 February 2019

Blog

Care homes in Wales: Your questions answered

19 March 2019

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published an information guide for older people and their families giving information about care homes.

Fact sheet

Abstracts of work presented at the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting 2019

07 March 2019

View, download and print the complete abstracts of work from the BGS Spring Meeting Cardiff, 10-12 April 2019.

In a series

Abstract

NFPCG evidence briefing: Multifactorial falls-prevention interventions

05 March 2019

This briefing examines evidence on falls prevention from the Cochrane Library.

Report

People’s experience using adult social care services

04 March 2019

This NICE quality standard (QS182) covers the experience of adults using social care services and is endorsed by the BGS.

In a series

Clinical guidelines

Presentation slides: OncoGeriatrics Joint Meeting 2019

04 March 2019

View presentation slides from the Joint BGS, Macmillan and RCR OncoGeriatrics Meeting 2019 held on 27-28 February 2019 in London.

Members only

In a series

Presentation

Northern Ireland BGS/POA Meeting Minutes

22 February 2019

Minutes from the Northern Ireland BGS/POA Business Meeting held on Friday 25 January 2019.

Members only

Report

Mock Specialist Certificate Exams (SCE)

30 May 2018

Between 2012 and 2017, the BGS has, as part of the annual Trainees' Weekend, set a mock SCE session in order to support BGS trainees who were preparing to sit the RCP SCE exam. Here we publish the mock questions and answers for each year's session.

Members only

In a series

E-learning

Strong, Steady & Straight: NOS Exercise and Osteoporosis Consensus Statement

20 February 2019

Strong, Steady and Straight is an expert consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis from the National Osteoporosis Society, supported by the BGS.

Good practice guide

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