Proactive care involves acting early to prevent, delay or manage the effects of frailty. This issue explores some innovative ideas from BGS members, and introduces our recent Be Proactive reports. This content is limited to members only.

This final chapter provides a conclusion, as well as appendices including case studies of successfully implemented proactive care services.

In this chapter, we set out eight key recommendations which are crucial to the success of proactive care services across community and primary care settings in the UK. 

This chapter goes into greater depth about the five core components and three key enablers for delivery.

This document outlines evidence for proactive care and support for older adults with moderate to severe frailty.

This BGS position statement sets out the benefits of less than full time (LTFT) working in geriatric medicine for both individuals and organisations, and provides six guiding principles as well as tips for successful flexible working.

This report summarises a roundtable event hosted by the BGS on 20 June 2024.

This report summarises the findings of a survey of the BGS membership undertaken in late 2023. It provides a snapshot into how our members are feeling about their work and the services they work in. 

A collaborative collection on the topic of economics of ageing and pensions, from Oxford Review of Economic Policy,  Journal of Public Health, and Age and Ageing.

This report is intended to explore how messages of prevention and healthy ageing apply to a population group that may already be ill and frail, and to the healthcare professionals who care for them.