This guideline is the most comprehensive and up to date document on how stroke care should be provided covering the whole pathway from pre-hospital care to long-term management.
Of interest to BGS members and visitors to this website: the Stroke Association are inviting applications for our UK Lectureship Awards and a Joint Stroke Association & Health and Care Research Wales Lectureship Award in the field of stroke.
We are inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced BGS members to take over as our representative on the committee. Our former representative, Professor Potter has kindly agreed to brief his successor once appointed.
It is widely recognised that raised blood pressure is probably the single most important treatable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in later life. The evidence that older people can benefit from antihypertensive drugs has accumulated with a succession of randomised controlled trials over the past 35 years. These trials have shown reduced risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, as well as decreased total mortality.
The prevalence of visual impairment in stroke survivors has been reported as 72 per cent. This can be the result of a range of different problems. In the post stroke period, a person may be experiencing a visual impairment that is of new onset, or their visual problems may pre-exist the stroke.
Palliative care is an active, holistic approach to those facing life-threatening illness. Good palliative care allows us ‘to live as well as possible for as long as possible’; and includes support for those approaching the end of their life.
Healthcare in Africa is no longer just about infectious diseases. Stroke is now the second leading cause of death worldwide and hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide, with most of the deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Specialist societies, clinical guidelines and audit standards all encourage us to assess cognition when patients present with stroke. Intuitively this seems like a sensible idea. What is less clear is how we should assess cognition in stroke.
The conference will cover the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in healthcare of older people. Our ageing population is stimulating extensive NHS service redesign to deal with the challenge of caring for larger numbers of older people both in and out of hospitals.
This event is a local forum covering the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in care of older people.
Covering core topics:SIG sessions on Stroke, Movement Disorders, Falls