Dementia, Delirium and Brain Health

This group has a role in four areas:

Collaboration, exchange of ideas and advice

To provide a stronger interface between the British Geriatrics Society, the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and other professional groups working in the field of dementia and related disorders.
To provide expert opinion on behalf of the BGS to interested professionals and organisations.
To communicate and publicise the activities and opinions of the group effectively with the BGS, the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry and other interested professionals/organistions.

Education, Training and Research

To develop an education and training strategy which reviews, advises on and develops undergraduate, postgraduate and subspecialty curricula in order to ensure that they are fit for purpose for delivery of excellent treatment and care to the older population with dementia and associated disorders today.
To stimulate and promote high quality research.

Policy

To provide expert advice on policy to the British Geriatrics Society, and other interested professionals/organisations.
To provide a forum for structured informed debate around areas pertaining to policy and strategy.

Quality and Improvement

To improve the quality of care for older people with dementia and related disorders.
To attract and channel expertise from non-BGS members e.g. general practitioners, nurses, cardiac technicians, clinical and non-clinical scientists.

Resources

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Depression in older adults: no quick fix

29 Jan 2021

Hospitalised older adults frequently present as depressed on our wards, but research suggests that healthcare staff often struggle to identify depression, let alone provide suitable care and support.

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“They don’t know the whole picture”: Improving cancer care for people with dementia and their families

22 Dec 2020

One in two people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime, and as cancer incidence rises with age, a significant number of cancer patients will have pre-existing dementia.

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Remembering Dementia Action Week

16 May 2020

Dementia Action Week, organised by the Alzheimer’s Society, was due to fall between 11 and 17 May 2020. Although Dementia Action Week has now been deferred to later in the year, it still seems a good opportunity to raise the profile of dementia

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The Remote Geriatrician

02 Apr 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has meant a change for everyone’s working patterns and rapidly. In my case, due to an underlying medical condition, this has meant remote working.

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