We've broken our more extensive resources down into a series of easy-to-read pages. The topics below are listed alphabetically, and new resources in the series will be added as they become available.
Access collated articles published in Age and Ageing around subtopics into themed collections relevant to BGS members.
AGENDA is the membership magazine of the BGS (formerly known as the BGS Newsletter).
Evidence and delivery recommendations for proactive care and support for older adults with moderate to severe frailty.
Our series of BGS key messages have been developed to provide members and multidisciplinary colleagues with topline information about specific issues relating to older people's healthcare. We encourage discussion of these issues with decision-makers and other stakeholders.
The BGS Newsletter was published up until November 2020, when it was replaced by our new membership magazine AGENDA. You can access many of the back issues on this page.
This resource series, curated by the BGS Cardiovascular SIG, brings together key principles and guidelines on the management of cardiovascular disease in older adults.
Links to a series of clinical guidelines produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and other bodies.
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a powerful, evidence-based approach to improving care for older people. By ensuring holistic assessment and coordinated intervention, CGA supports better outcomes across acute, primary, and community settings.
The CGA toolkit for General Practitioners and medical and healthcare professionals working in primary care settings explains what comprehensive geriatric assessment is, in what circumstances to use it, how it is done together with planning and involvement of social services.
This resource series brings together current advice from experts within the BGS relating to older people and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
A series of curricula specifying the competencies required for doctors, nurses and AHPs specialising in the healthcare of older people, including elements of palliative care, psychiatry and community geriatrics.
This resource series brings together articles, national guidelines, best practice and learning material on the topic of delirium in older people.