Living and dying well with frailty - Quality end of life care for older people

Approaches and Evidence: AMBER Care bundle forms

Dr Adrian Hopper, Consultant Geriatrician Guy's and St Thomas' Trust

Adrian Hopper is a Geriatrician with a particular interest in patient safety, quality of care and spread of innovation. He was part of a small team that developed the AMBERcarebundle to improve reliability of patient centered decision making in patients who have uncertain recovery and has helped it spread widely in UK and internationally.

Using population sub-segmentation to promote tailored end of life care in later life

Dr Martin J Vernon, Consultant Geriatrician, National Clinical Director for Older People, NHS England and Dr Dawn Moody, Associate National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person Centred Care, NHS England

Dr Martin Vernon is a Consultant Geriatrician in Manchester and National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care at NHS England. He is also Clinical Chair of the Hospital to Home Programme Board, one of six programmes within the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Delivery Programme, led and governed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

Dr Dawn Moody is Associate National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care for NHS England Dawn is a GP with a special interest in the care of older people, working in Derbyshire and Cheshire. She has worked extensively with commissioners, providers and in research in this area. Dawn has an MPhil for her frailty research and holds an MSc in Geriatric Medicine. Dawn’s current portfolio also includes a teaching role at Keele University and her directorship of Fusion48, which includes her role as Clinical Director for the HEEM Nottinghamshire Frailty Toolkit and Training Programme.

Improving end of life care for the frail elderly in the community

Dr Caroline Nicholson, Senior Clinical Lecturer Supportive and End of Life Care Nursing, King's College London and St Christopher's Hospice

Caroline is a Senior Clinical Lecturer working across the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London and St Christopher’s Hospice. This unique partnership allows her to research and contribute
to the strategic development and clinical management of supportive and end of life care services for older people living and dying with advanced frailty /multiple morbidities. Caroline has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, both directly as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care, and more recently as a nurse academic. Her research programme focuses on the intersection between gerontological and end of life care, as well as the capacities and frailties of people living in late old age. Caroline’s work aims to enhance the development of care systems that recognise, facilitate and promote dignified and supportive care for older people and their families at end of life.

Joined up care; lessons from dementia care

Dr Adrian Treloar, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Adrian Treloar, FRCP, MRCPsych, MRCGP is a Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry in South East London and was formerly a GP.