British Geriatrics Society | Improving healthcare for older people

Events

08 July

2022 Frailty and Urgent Care Meeting

Live 08 July 2022 On Demand until 8 July 2023

LONDON

2022 Frailty and Urgent Care meeting jointly with SAM and RCEM

SIG Meeting

10 June

2022 BritMODIS

Live 10 June 2022 On Demand until 10 June 2023

London

SIG Meeting

16 June

2022 Trainees Meeting

Live 16 -17 June 2022 On Demand until 17 June 2023

Bristol

This meeting is for those in training roles, within the Geriatric Medicine speciality. Built around the current curriculum needs and experiences of those training for a career in geriatric medicine, it will see a mix of plenary presentations and workshops, a mock SCE exam, a Quality Improvement workshop, updates on the Curriculum changes and a practical interview preparation workshop.

SIG Meeting

Popular Resources

Featured Policy & Media Blogs Resources

COVID-19: Vaccinations and older people

Updated 22 March 2022

The BGS was pleased that older people were prioritised for access to the first and second doses of the COVID vaccine. As the booster programme gets underway in the UK, this page brings together current information on vaccination, including BGS statements and useful external links.

In a series

Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) Project

20 January 2021

Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) is a Scottish national evaluation project focusing on care of older people across Scotland in both primary and secondary care settings.

#BGSFairCare: Our letters to Ministers

02 November 2020

Read our letters to the Health Ministers in each of the four nations of the UK asking them to take urgent action to protect older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

First published 30 Mar 2020

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.

In a series

Good practice guide

Frailty Hub: Introduction to frailty

23 June 2020

Find out what frailty is and how it can be diagnosed and managed.

In a series

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.

In a series

Fact sheet

End of Life Care in Frailty: Introduction and Foreword

12 May 2020

Introduction from Dr Eileen Burns, Consultant Physician and Past President of British Geriatrics Society, and foreword by Dr Sarah Russell, family carer.

In a series

Clinical guidelines

Atypical Covid-19 presentations in older people – the need for continued vigilance

14 April 2020

Over the past month the landscape of healthcare has dramatically changed as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. All acute trusts, primary care organisations and social services have had to remodel their working patterns in order to manage the rising number of patients with Covid-19.

Blog

BGS statement on care homes High Court ruling

03 May 2022

The BGS has commented on the High Court ruling that policies in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic failed to take account of the risks posed to older and vulnerable residents from patients being discharged from hospitals to care homes.

News

Self-nominations open for BGS President Elect

03 May 2022

The BGS is currently accepting self-nominations for the role of BGS President Elect, due to take office from November 2022 for a period of two years. On completion of the term as President Elect, the post-holder will succeed the incumbent BGS President and serve in this position for a further two years (2024-26).

News

Former BGS President elected President of the Royal College of Physicians

14 April 2022

The BGS is delighted to learn that one of its past Presidents, Professor David Oliver, has been elected as the new President of the Royal College of Physicians London (RCP).

News

Research on the role of immune cells in delirium to be undertaken by third BGS/Dunhill Doctoral Training Fellow

05 April 2022

Dr Hannah Moorey has been awarded the third joint British Geriatrics Society/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship to support her PhD researching delirium. Hannah is a geriatric registrar in the West Midlands, and will undertake her doctorate at the University of Birmingham.

News

Leon and Janet Wormley win BGS Special Medal for Online Pandemic Exercise Classes for Older People

06 April 2022

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) awards its Special Medal each year to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting the health and wellbeing of older people. It recognises non-clinical professionals who have gone the extra mile through their work or volunteering in supporting older people. This year’s winner is Leon Wormley.

News

Our manifesto for the Northern Ireland Assembly election 2022

04 April 2022

The BGS has published a manifesto for the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election outlining how an incoming devolved Government can better support older people.

Policy

BGS statement on family and friends visiting older people

25 March 2022

Older people have faced unprecedented levels of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduction in social contact has helped to reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. However, there is a growing body of evidence that older people have also been harmed by isolation measures.

News

BGS statement on the lifting of all COVID restrictions

18 March 2022

As UK governments move towards removing all COVID-19 restrictions, we urge the public and healthcare professionals to remember that older people remain at increased risk from COVID infection and to continue to take steps to protect those who are more vulnerable.

Policy

Playlist for Life

18 May 2022

Dementia Action Week is 16-22 May and the theme this year is diagnosis. For me things have become more personal with a close family member just having received a diagnosis of dementia. To say it’s hard is an understatement and it certainly feels a very far cry from the call for people to ‘live well’ with dementia. There’s no getting away from the negative aspects around the time of diagnosis of dementia, but it’s not long before positives need to be found. And for me, and my family, that has been trying to keep as many aspects of life as accessible and constant as possible. One of those, and something that can bring much joy in life, is listening to music.

Blog

Long-term lifestyle behaviors of older women with exceptional episodic memory

16 May 2022

More than 100 years after its discovery, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become one of the greatest medical and social challenges of our generation.

Blog

Following the road less travelled from accountant to academic nurse

11 May 2022

Leaving university at 22, my only aim was to be paid well and I planned to achieve this by training as a Chartered Accountant. My aim was met, but over the years, I found the work as an auditor unsatisfying. A career break to care for my three young children resulted in me deciding to train as a nurse. My first staff nurse job was on a healthcare of the older person ward. The ward had a high proportion of patients with dementia. I had received no training on how to care for these patients’ complex needs during my nursing diploma and none was offered post-qualification.

Blog

On International Nurses Day; Leadership Matters

12 May 2022

Leadership has played a pivotal role in setting out my main priorities as vice-chair of the BGS Nurses and AHP council. My goal has been delivering high- quality person centred care for the older population. Nursing leadership is most successful when the entire team is also successful. To achieve this, I have a key role in influencing and engaging all members of the healthcare team to drive and improve healthcare for older adults.

Blog

From Bulawayo to Leicester, how continuous education informs professional practice

13 May 2022

My passion for facilitating education and learning meant developing new ways of influencing change. Therefore, through collaborative working with the British Geriatrics Society, I have expanded my network.

Blog

Using the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine to evidence clinical expertise

10 May 2022

The four pillars of advanced practice are the elements that are required for a clinician to practice at an advanced level: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research. Skills in each of these areas are usually gained through master’s level postgraduate education and clinicians practising at this level are characterised by having a high level of autonomy in their roles, keen problem-solving skills and the ability to make complex decisions in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team, individuals and their families or carers.

Blog

Nurses voice to lead delivering global healthcare for older people

09 May 2022

Blog

Just call me Aude - why end of life care matters

03 May 2022

Blog

Appropriate deprescribing in older people

20 April 2022

Older people are often taking several medications, but regular review of their benefits or risks is as of yet not part of standard care. This themed collection aims to improve patient outcomes and the sustainability of deprescribing approaches.

In a series

Urgent care for older people

20 April 2022

How best to deliver geriatric care across the whole hospital? This collection outlines key articles that are attempting to develop solutions to this challenging conundrum.

In a series

Movement disorders

20 April 2022

Movement disorders are a diverse and challenging group of neurological conditions. Geriatricians and allied health professionals play a key role in the care of patients living with these disorders. Age and Ageing is making freely available online a collection of 15 papers which highlight the breadth and depth of this field.

In a series

Delirium research, education, and practice

20 April 2022

Delirium research and clinical care has seen great strides in the last decade. This collection provides an overview of the range of research in delirium covering prevention and prediction, interventions and their health economic evaluations, outcomes following delirium, and clinical application in a review of the recent SIGN guidelines.

In a series

Qualitative research in Age and Ageing

20 April 2022

This themed collection of Age and Ageing articles includes a selection of papers published over the last 10 years which highlights the value of qualitative methodologies in health services research, particularly in understanding patient experience of health and illness and decision making about treatment and preventive care.

In a series

Developments in stroke medicine

20 April 2022

The field of stroke medicine has seen significant advances and there is an ever increasing awareness that there are real opportunities to make a dramatic difference to stroke patients. Age and Ageing has charted our progress, publishing key research, and sharing ground-breaking ideas and knowledge. This online collection showcases some of the very best of such work.

In a series

Economics of ageing

20 April 2022

A collaborative collection on the topic of economics of ageing and pensions, from Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Journal of Public Health, and Age and Ageing.

In a series

Deconditioning information for providers of services for older people and the public

19 April 2022

The National Falls Prevention Co-ordination Group (NFPCG) Deconditioning task and finish sub-group have developed a suite of five resources intended to support individuals, health and care professionals and commissioners to take action to help older adults become more active and recondition following activity restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tomorrow to celebrate International Nurses Day we have a 15% discount on membership for nurses (and AHPs) #IND2022… https://t.co/11GKmX4Q2h

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@LucyLew79 and @NHSJoshHammond getting ready for The Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service tonight at 6.30pm… https://t.co/5aHCZo5HDp

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BGS welcomes RCP call for action against ‘crisis in care’ for older people

BGS statement on care homes High Court ruling

Self-nominations open for BGS President Elect

Events

2022 Frailty and Urgent Care Meeting

2022 BritMODIS

2022 Trainees Meeting

Popular Resources

COVID-19: Vaccinations and older people

Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) Project

#BGSFairCare: Our letters to Ministers

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

Frailty Hub: Introduction to frailty

Keeping older people safe and well at home

End of Life Care in Frailty: Introduction and Foreword

Atypical Covid-19 presentations in older people – the need for continued vigilance

BGS statement on care homes High Court ruling

Self-nominations open for BGS President Elect

Former BGS President elected President of the Royal College of Physicians

Research on the role of immune cells in delirium to be undertaken by third BGS/Dunhill Doctoral Training Fellow

Leon and Janet Wormley win BGS Special Medal for Online Pandemic Exercise Classes for Older People

Our manifesto for the Northern Ireland Assembly election 2022

BGS statement on family and friends visiting older people

BGS statement on the lifting of all COVID restrictions

Playlist for Life

Long-term lifestyle behaviors of older women with exceptional episodic memory

Following the road less travelled from accountant to academic nurse

On International Nurses Day; Leadership Matters

From Bulawayo to Leicester, how continuous education informs professional practice

Using the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine to evidence clinical expertise

Nurses voice to lead delivering global healthcare for older people

Just call me Aude - why end of life care matters

Appropriate deprescribing in older people

Urgent care for older people

Movement disorders

Delirium research, education, and practice

Qualitative research in Age and Ageing

Developments in stroke medicine

Economics of ageing

Deconditioning information for providers of services for older people and the public

@GeriSoc on Twitter