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End of life care refers specifically to the last few days or hours of life, when maintenance of comfort and dignity, and avoidance of pain and distress take priority. Many of the principles of care at the end of life are shared with CGA.
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.
This page clarifies the training standards for higher specialist trainees in geriatric medicine in palliative and end of life care in the context of the new training curriculum and syllabus.
This section of the BGS Delirium Hub focuses on managing delirium in specific settings and clinical situations.
This chapter of the Silver Book II covers the presentation of common geriatric conditions in an urgent care context.
Introduction from Dr Eileen Burns, Consultant Physician and Past President of British Geriatrics Society, and foreword by Dr Sarah Russell, family carer.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the religious, spiritual and cultural aspects that may influence appropriate end of life care.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the emotional and psychological needs that may be present as an older person approaches the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the issue of polypharmacy at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people addresses nutritional needs at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people covers the identification and management of delirium in older people at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the investigation and management of falls in the last phase of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of continence-related issues in frail older people at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of pain in older people living with frailty at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of acute deterioration in the context of frailty at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at the role of advance care planning (ACP) in helping to make decisions about a persons wishes for the future.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines how to identify when a person with frailty is entering the last year of life.
This brief guidance was developed by Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England/Improvement, and has been incorporated into NHS England publications.