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View and download slides from the BGS Scotland Spring Meeting & NRS Ageing Specialty Group held on 26 April 2019 in Edinburgh.
This standard has been jointly produced by the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and other organisations.
This is the fifth edition of the BGS Mersey Region Newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to share news from within the region.
Minutes from the BGS Northern Ireland Business Meeting held on 9 May 2019.
Featuring coverage from the BGS Spring Meeting 2019, ageing and the healthy brain, the importance of research, and how Malaysia is helping to raise awareness of falls.
The BGS Spring Meeting was held on 10-12 April 2019 in Cardiff.
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published an information guide for older people and their families giving information about care homes.
View presentation slides from the Joint BGS, Macmillan and RCR OncoGeriatrics Meeting 2019 held on 27-28 February 2019 in London.
Minutes from the Northern Ireland BGS/POA Business Meeting held on Friday 25 January 2019.
A report on awards to hospitals who have completed the Gold Standards Framework (end of life care) and have received awards for the improvements this has wrought in their services.
Patricia Cantley, Chair of BGS Scotland reports on activities to the Board of Trustees.
The Older Person Whisperer's take on coping and responsibility when looking after a person with Parkinson's Disease
The NIHR Funder Resource Pack is designed to strengthen connections between research funders and the Clinical Research Network, to help improve research delivery in the NHS.
The BGS and the RCGP worked together to produce this report. Our collaboration is designed to support GPs and geriatricians in responding to these significant new challenges.
Two separate Cochrane reviews published in 2018 looked at multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community, and care facilities and hospitals
A joint report by the BGS and RCPsychs which collates and showcases examples of the best practice which flow from effective interdisciplinary collaboration and practice in treating depression in older people living in care homes.
NICE impact reports review how NICE recommendations for evidence-based and cost-effective care are being used in priority areas of the health and care system, helping to improve outcomes where this is needed most.
Samuel Willis describes the value of stories - telling them and listening to them. It creates bonds and humanises the teller and listener.
Physicians practising in general internal medicine (GIM) commonly manage illness in patients who may be in the last phase of their lives. It is therefore an important part of the specialist training programme to manage patient and family involvement.
What is mental capacity? What do we really mean when we ask if a patient has (or lacks) capacity? Capacity often depends on context. The ethical conundrum of mental capacity unravelled.
This statement sets out the BGS position on assisted dying, our priorities for end of life care, and our concerns that effective legal safeguards cannot be created to protect older people from unwarranted harms.