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Ten reasons to attend the virtual BGS Autumn Meeting

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COVID-19: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes

18 Nov 2020

Good practice guide

Events

25 November

Autumn Meeting 2020

25-27 November 2020

ONLINE

The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest in evidence and best practice in the health and care of older people.

Autumn Conference

21 November

G4J 2020

Cardiovascular SIG meeting 2021

29 January 2021

ONLINE

SIG Meeting

Latest

Featured Policy & Media Blogs Resources

NHS RightCare: Frailty toolkit

05 June 2019

This toolkit provides expert practical advice and guidance on how to commission and provide the best system wide care for people living with frailty.

Presentation slides: BGS Scotland Spring Meeting 2019

04 June 2019

View and download slides from the BGS Scotland Spring Meeting & NRS Ageing Specialty Group held on 26 April 2019 in Edinburgh.

Members only

Presentation

BOAST: The care of the older or frail orthopaedic trauma patient

03 June 2019

This standard has been jointly produced by the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and other organisations.

Age and Ageing collection: Longitudinal studies of ageing

02 May 2019

Highlights the approaches, scope and impacts of a selection of longitudinal studies of ageing published in Age and Ageing within the past 10 years.

Presentation slides: BGS Spring Meeting 2019

01 May 2019

The BGS Spring Meeting was held on 10-12 April 2019 in Cardiff.

Members only

Presentation

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.

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.

Clinical guidelines

Free collection of Age and Ageing papers for the BGS Autumn Meeting 2020

Congratulations to the winners of the BGS EAMA Awards!

New advance care planning interventions to be developed by BGS/Dunhill Doctoral Training Fellow

BGS President, Professor Tahir Masud, has recorded a supportive video message to members of the BGS as they enter an exceptionally difficult period, managing COVID-19 in older people alongside their ongoing care for older people.

#BGSFairCare: BGS launches campaign to urge the Government to protect older people during the second wave

02 November 2020

The BGS has launched a campaign across the four nations of the UK to raise awareness of issues critical to protecting older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BGS Book Club Discusses Elderhood, by Louise Aronsen

23 November 2020

What has NELA done for patients and healthcare professionals?

18 November 2020

Over the past six years the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) has done an amazing job. Not only has it provided us with important data, but more importantly it has also given the impetus to improve our services for patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS).

‘Information About Me’: Valuing the missing link

16 November 2020

Sexual satisfaction of middle-aged and older adults

09 November 2020

Occupational Therapy Week 2020: Working with ‘people’ not ‘patients’

05 November 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Advance Care Planning for older patients with frailty

30 October 2020

When COVID-19 emerged in the UK in March 2020, with potential to overwhelm health care provision, NICE responded with the COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults.

A Practical Guide to the Law of Medical Treatment Decisions

27 October 2020

Bedside Ultrasound as a Potential Screening Tool for Sarcopenia

23 October 2020

One of the prominent effects of the aging process is a gradual decline in both muscle quantity and muscle quality. This phenomenon is referred to as sarcopenia, from the Greek terms for flesh (sarx) and loss (penia).

COVID-19: COGER Study

26 November 2020

The COGER study is collecting data to gain insight into the course of functional and medical recovery in older persons affected by COVID-19 receiving geriatric rehabilitation across Europe.

Article

BGS: Workforce

First published 30 Mar 2020

The workforce of health and care professionals involved in improving and delivering care to older people encompasses a wide range of disciplines, training and careers. This section brings together important information about this uniquely skilled and varied workforce.

COVID-19: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes

The COVID-19 pandemic raises particular challenges for care home residents, their families and the staff that look after them. This guidance has been developed to help care home staff and NHS staff who work with them to support residents through the pandemic.

Good practice guide

Keeping older people safe and well at home

21 April 2020

These resources have been developed to help keep older people safe at home by reducing deconditioning and falls hazards, supporting people with conditions such as dementia or Parkinson's, and improving overall wellbeing to help to keep their minds and bodies active.

Fact sheet

Coronavirus: Current information and advice

28 February 2020

A compilation of current official UK/global advice and publications relating to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19.