A selection of links and resources to help guide healthcare professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic who may have little experience of geriatric medicine.
This resource page brings together elearning materials developed by the BGS and other organisations to support members to keep up-to-date with their continuing professional development.
Research is an essential part of the global and UK strategy and response to COVID-19. This is the British Geriatrics Society statement on research for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download and view presentation slides and videos from the BGS Autumn Meeting held from 22 to 24 November 2017 in London.
This consensus advice has been drawn up by experts from the BGS, EDA and RCPsych. It should be used in conjunction with local policy and governance practice employed within your own organisation.
Scottish Quality & Safety Fellows, NHS Scotland, have put together some easy-to-follow tips on stress, coping and resilience during this difficult time which they have kindly allowed us to share.
Older people are particularly at risk from complications as a result of COVID-19 and many are likely to already be taking medication for other conditions.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people covers the identification and management of delirium in older people at the end of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.
Read our international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology