🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We are delighted to announce the landmark publication of the 'World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative' via @Age_and_Ageing bgs.org.uk/wfg2022 #WorldFallsGuidelines #eugms2022
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- 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Leading experts in #frailty launch the #SilverBook2 in collaboration with the BGS. This free online resource addresses the specific needs of older people in the first 72 hours of an #urgentcare episode bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…
- BGS has launched a free-to-access #FrailtyHub and #Frailty e-Learning module creating a ‘one-stop shop’ where health professionals can view the latest information, research and educational resources addressing this crucial area of older people’s healthcare bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…
- Older people make up the majority of those dying each year. The BGS is concerned about the lack of representation from older people’s healthcare specialists and older people themselves on the witness list for the Assisted Dying Bill - @JKDhesi buff.ly/4hyR0wW
- President of the BGS @adamgordon1978 appeared on @BBCBreakfast this morning discussing #deconditioning and older people in hospitals, the importance of regular exercise and #rehabiltation in the community. Watch him on BBC iPlayer from 9:16 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/b…
- 📢Frailty elearning free to all! We're delighted to share that our frailty elearning has been updated and relaunched and is FREE to all health and care professionals, thanks to funding from @NHSEngland! Sign up today to improve your frailty knowledge.
- "Most people believe #frailty is inevitable & irreversible. This clinical trial showed that a simple, low-cost, home-based intervention can reverse frailty and significantly improve muscle strength, bone mass, activity levels and slowness in 3 months."
- "In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail." Wishing #KirkDouglas a very Happy 103rd Birthday!
- 'You don't change culture through emails and memos. You change it through relationships... one conversation at a time ' #BGSconf
- If CFS >4 chances of successful CPR are essentially zero. CFS = 5 'Mildly Frail' implies help with finances, transportation, heavy housework, medications, shopping and housework #BGSConf
- Patients with a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 6 are likely to experience functional decline if admitted to hospital. Important to prevent frailty-associated problems. Get specialist input and CGA #BGSconf
- Older people with rehabilitation goals should not be transferred to a #carehome without assurance of appropriate #rehabilitation. The principles of effective rehabilitation for older people are outlined by the Community Rehabilitation Alliance. @thecsp
- "It's crucial that we don't allow a narrative of 'frail old people's deaths are a price worth paying to save the economy' to gain traction. A civilised society should be judged by the way we care for our most vulnerable." BGS Past President @EileenBurns13
- We should not automatically assume that dementia equals a loss of capacity. Many people with mild or moderate dementia will still have the ability to make informed choices, particularly when information is given in an appropriate format tinyurl.com/y95vqu33
