Trisha Elliott reflects on how she would like fun to be guarded when she approaches frailty in older age.
Consider whether an activity will bring joy to an older person over whether it is socially appropriate, says Jenni Mack.
Talk to residents about what they want to achieve and you might be surprised, says Caroline Benham.
Many of our most important and fun moments relate to our family, explains David Attwood.
The first article in our fun-guarding series, George Coxon sets out what fun-guarding is and why it is important.
What is 'big data', what can it do for geriatric medicine and how can you get involved?
This issue features how to help maintain good oral health in older people and gives a snapshot of the political landscape following the appointment of a new Prime Minister.
Providing healthcare to older adults is often extremely challenging. Patients often have multiple long-term conditions, and present to healthcare in atypical ways. Doctors need to be highly competent communicators with knowledge of medical ethics, social care and palliative medicine.
This issue examines and connects frailty improvement initiatives that exist across the country, and includes results from a BGS trainee survey on less-than-full-time working.
A NICE/SCIE quick guide for care home managers and home care managers providing medicines support.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published an updated Quality Standard on dementia describing high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This NIHR CLAHRC toolkit provides a suite of resources that commissioners can use to plan, implement and monitor the FaME programme.
Read our international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology