This is the fifth edition of the BGS Mersey Region Newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to share news from within the region.
Highlights the approaches, scope and impacts of a selection of longitudinal studies of ageing published in Age and Ageing within the past 10 years.
The BGS Spring Meeting was held on 10-12 April 2019 in Cardiff.
For this online research methodologies collection we have selected key Age and Ageing publications aimed at improving the quality of clinical research for older people.
This review features 53 studies funded by the National Institute of Health Research, which was set up to address the needs of the NHS.
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.
You are an anaesthetist, a surgeon, an oncology specialist, or other acute care physician. Team members’ training may not have focused on the needs of older people and may lack confidence and expertise in managing older people.
The first challenge on your improvement journey is to identify whether there are areas of the care you provide for frail older patients that could be improved, and then convincing others that the solution to the problem is the right one.
You may already have a good idea about the service outcomes you wish to improve. Evidence suggests that integrating assessment and management of frail older patients into your service is more effective than having a consultation geriatric service at arm’s length.
Designing solutions and delivering change is more effective when delivered by a core team of people who invest in engaging with a network of stakeholders. You may wish to start thinking about the advocates of improving care for frail older people in your service early.
The overarching message about successful improvement shows how social relationships in organisations are key for embedding the technical features of change. A lot of time and energy in leading organisational change will require you to uncover and mitigate barriers.
Read our international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology