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As we once were - Prof. Peter Townsend (1928-2009)

16 May 2014
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History

Making Health and Care Systems fit for an Ageing Population

06 March 2014

A seminal King's Fund Report in which David Oliver et. al. describes the steps required to make health and care systems fit for their core patient group - namely older people. 

Report

Growing old in common lodgings

03 March 2014

Originally lodging houses were designed to accommodate younger labourers who came to town to find work but were unable to travel to and from their own homes.  Gradually the population changed to include an increasing proportion of older men, particularly pensioners.

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History

As we were in the early post war years - The 1941-1945 hospital surveys

20 December 2013

In 1941 Ernest Brown, presented the House of Commons with the general principles on which the government proposed to base its post war hospital policy.  He was organising surveys of hospital services in England and Wales, which in the event took 4/5 years to complete.

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History

The Major Influences in Geriatric Medicine

22 October 2013
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History

The BGS Recommended Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine for Medical Undergraduates

03 August 2013

All undergraduate curricula must have a core consisting of the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes which students must have by the time they graduate. These enable students to develop self-directed learning and become familiar with research and presentation skills.  

Report

From Hippocrates to Marjory Warren

15 January 2013

It is widely assumed that geriatric medicine was an invention of the twentieth century. However, from the time of Hippocrates, there has been interest in the prolongation of the lifespan, the maintenance of health in old age and age related disease patterns.

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History

Safe Nurse Staffing Levels on Wards

04 December 2012

Can it be used by nurses to determine whether staffing levels are safe on their wards?

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Good practice guide

Geriatricians in Medicine

01 December 2012

Geriatrics is the largest specialty doing general medicine and providing acute medical care of patients admitted as emergencies. As general physicians, they share with other specialists in Acute/General Medicine the provision of the first 24-48 hours of emergency medical care of all adults.

Fact sheet

Mental capacity in the face of need for essential treatment

05 November 2012

There is lack of clarity in the terminology used, and the difference between ‘holding’ and ‘restraint’. This presents a legal and professional dilemma for nurses.

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Good practice guide

Why is personalisation important in health and social care?

05 November 2012

The term ‘personalisation’ has become increasingly common in the context of a movement that recognises the importance of people’s individuality and their right to exercise choice in their daily lives. 

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Good practice guide

Integrated care for older people

01 November 2012

Ian Philp of the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust examines a model of integrated car which has seen reduced admissions of older people for acute hospital care and a significant fall in deaths of older people in hospital.

Case study

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