This NIHR CLAHRC toolkit provides a suite of resources that commissioners can use to plan, implement and monitor the FaME programme.

This standard has been jointly produced by the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and other organisations.

The Northern Ireland Frailty Network was launched on 28 March 2019.

Selected key references that showcase developments in the field of sarcopenia, how definitions have evolved and evidence on prevalence, causes, and adverse effects.

Dr Laura Pugh and Dr Chris Dyer of the BGS Respiratory SIG explain how acute respiratory and geriatric medicine teams can work together on issues of frailty.

The BGS Spring Meeting was held on 10-12 April 2019 in Cardiff.

The BGS and the RCGP worked together to produce this report. Our collaboration is designed to support GPs and geriatricians in responding to these significant new challenges.

The website 'Staysafe' has been created to signpost people to the wealth of resources and advice available to help them as they get older – including support on nutrition, exercise and accident prevention. 

A seminal King's Fund Report in which David Oliver et. al. describes the steps required to make health and care systems fit for their core patient group - namely older people. 

Twelve downloadable presentations given at the Third National Frailty Conference in 2017.

The BGS Frailty and Urgent Care Meeting 2019 was held on 15 February 2019 in London.

These articles have been selected by the Editor of Age and Ageing for inclusion in this special collection of the Journal's best articles on falls.

This collection shows how far frailty has come, not just an abstract concept, but a condition with an established and important place in the healthcare of older people.

As frailty progresses, individuals become more susceptible to developing conditions known as frailty syndromes, which may include multiple falls, acute confusion/delirium, sudden loss of mobility and incontinence.

Ten per cent of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency stay more than two weeks, using 55 per cent of all hospital bed days, and 80 per cent of that group are aged over 65 years. The average age of a hospital inpatient is over 80. 

Vulnerable older people deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, humanity and compassion. The BGS promoted standards covering five key areas of caregiving, accompanied by a downloadable poster and flyer.

Once you've identified that an older person has frailty, what steps you can take to undertake a holistic review, or Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, in order to manage frailty. And can frailty be reversed?

What is frailty and why should you look for it in the older patient?  We outline the causes and possible ways to prevent frailty, as well as asking if there is any value in screening for frailty on a population or practice-wide basis.

Fit for Frailty Part 1

Ian Philp of the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust examines a model of integrated car which has seen reduced admissions of older people for acute hospital care and a significant fall in deaths of older people in hospital.