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Creating a problem list as part of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment can help identify all the issues to consider and will be helpful in drawing up a care plan.
An introduction to CGA in primary care settings. This toolkit was developed by the British Geriatrics Society and has been endorsed by the ANCD for Older People and Integrated Person-Centred Care and by the Council of British Geriatrics Society, Scotland.
An overview of how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is done in the primary care setting, and what to consider when conducting the assessment.
This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people who have experienced major trauma.
The environmental domain examines home safety, accessibility, community services and technology aids. The living environment is an essential element of CGA as it directly impacts an older adult’s safety, independence, and quality of life.
This lecture was given by Professor Ken Rockwood in November 2024 at the BGS Autumn Meeting.
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) hosted an event in London in September 2023 on ideas and practice around a minimum dataset for care homes. This report, which is based on presentations at the event and the debate that followed, makes 12 recommendations for the effective implementation and delivery of a national minimum dataset that we believe policy-makers and regulators should co
With advances in health technology moving at pace, this issue looks at the potential of these innovations in delivering better outcomes for older people. This content is limited to members only.
This framework for reducing healthcare inequalities among older people is based on similar existing frameworks from NHS England for adults, children and younger people. It aims to help identify people within the population who have unequal access to and experience of healthcare, and to target action to counter that inequality.
These template job descriptions have been provided as examples for BGS members wishing to establish similar roles. Care must be taken to ensure that these descriptions are appropriate for your organisation prior to use. This content is available to BGS members only.
This checklist is intended to support BGS members across the system to make changes to ensure that winter is a little easier for older people this year.
In this three part video series, Dr Chris Miller and Dr Dan Harman discuss the practical challenges and issues faced when developing a community frailty model, addressing the questions that less developed systems might wish to ask of those who have been through the process.
These tips have been put together to help guide colleagues in putting together an effective business case when proposing their age-attuned service.
Interface roles are becoming more common across the country, with more consultant geriatricians working across community and acute settings. This page provides tips for colleagues wishing to establish such roles.
Presentations from 2021 South East and South West Thames Joint Region Meeting (4 CPD Points)
This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provision in a care home environment should look like.
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.
A joint report by the BGS and RCPsychs which collates and showcases examples of the best practice which flow from effective interdisciplinary collaboration and practice in treating depression in older people living in care homes.