This resource series, curated by the BGS Cardiovascular SIG, brings together key principles and guidelines on the management of cardiovascular disease in older adults. This chapter looks specifically at valvular heart disease.

Here you can find links to our new frailty elearning module and other useful training materials.

Collated resources on frailty in settings including care home medicine, emergency medicine, frailty units and community. Resources relevant to specialised services such as diabetes, heart failure and oncology can also be found here.

This page brings together resources and information relating to the rehabilitation of older people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the religious, spiritual and cultural aspects that may influence appropriate end of life care.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the emotional and psychological needs that may be present as an older person approaches the end of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the issue of polypharmacy at the end of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people addresses nutritional needs at the end of life. 

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people covers the identification and management of delirium in older people at the end of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the investigation and management of falls in the last phase of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of continence-related issues in frail older people at the end of life. 

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of pain in older people living with frailty at the end of life.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of acute deterioration in the context of frailty at the end of life. 

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the role of advance care planning (ACP) in helping to make decisions about a persons wishes for the future.

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines how to identify when a person with frailty is entering the last year of life.

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.

This position statement sets out the British Geriatrics Society recommendations for assessment of older patients being considered for emergency laparotomy.

This page brings together resources and information for any clinician or carer who finds themselves faced with providing care at the end of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research is an essential part of the global and UK strategy and response to COVID-19. This is the British Geriatrics Society statement on research for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.