Multimorbidity

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Frailty: Language and Perceptions

Published June 2015

This report, originally published in June 2015, summarises research commissioned by BGS and Age UK on older people's attitudes and feelings towards language around frailty.

Report

Ageing Meets Kidney Disease

12 July 2022

Learn more on the importance of diagnosis and managing chronic kidney disease in older adults through this collection from Age and Ageing in collaboration with the ERA journals Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) and Clinical Kidney Journal (CKJ).

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End of Life Care in Frailty: Medicines management

12 May 2020

This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the issue of polypharmacy at the end of life.

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Clinical guidelines

COVID-19: BGS statement on research for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

30 March 2020

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.

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Position statement

Healthier for longer: How healthcare professionals can support older people

06 November 2019

This report is intended to explore how messages of prevention and healthy ageing apply to a population group that may already be ill and frail, and to the healthcare professionals who care for them.

Report

Frailty in older people

03 May 2019

This collection shows how far frailty has come, not just an abstract concept, but a condition with an established and important place in the healthcare of older people.

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Sarcopenia research and practice

03 May 2019

Selected key references that showcase developments in the field of sarcopenia, how definitions have evolved and evidence on prevalence, causes, and adverse effects.

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Longitudinal studies of ageing

02 May 2019

Highlights the approaches, scope and impacts of a selection of longitudinal studies of ageing published in Age and Ageing within the past 10 years.

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Frailty and lung disease: Best practice

01 May 2019

Dr Laura Pugh and Dr Chris Dyer of the BGS Respiratory SIG explain how acute respiratory and geriatric medicine teams can work together on issues of frailty.

Good practice guide

Presentation slides: OncoGeriatrics Joint Meeting 2019

04 March 2019

View presentation slides from the Joint BGS, Macmillan and RCR OncoGeriatrics Meeting 2019 held on 27-28 February 2019 in London.

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Presentation

Strong, Steady & Straight: NOS Exercise and Osteoporosis Consensus Statement

20 February 2019

Strong, Steady and Straight is an expert consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis from the National Osteoporosis Society, supported by the BGS.

Good practice guide

Out-of-hospital management of UTIs in elderly patients

12 February 2019

Health Education England has commissioned an educational film, in collaboration with Public Health England’s Primary Care Unit, on the treatment of UTIs in older adults

Video/podcast

Morbidity - Comorbidity and multimorbidity. What do they mean?

1 Oct 2012

Comorbidity simply means more than one illness or disease occurring in one person at the same time and multimorbidity means more than two illnesses or diseases occurring in the same person at the same time.

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E-learning

Palliative care

01 March 2010

Dr Eileen Burns looks at how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, better communication and palliative care principles can improve the quality of end of life care for older people, and asks: what constitutes a good death?

Good practice guide

Nutritional Advice in Common Clinical Situations

08 March 2018

The incidence of under nutrition among patients admitted to hospitals in UK is around 28% and is 25% greater in older people. Under nutrition results in longer lengths of stay in hospital. In care homes, 30% of residents were found to be undernourished.

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Clinical guidelines

Clinical guidelines on falls and fractures

27 November 2016

Guidelines from NICE and Public Health England on prevention of falls and fractures, and the diagnosis and management of hip fractures.

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Clinical guidelines

Clinical guidelines on advance care planning, multimorbidity and winter deaths

29 October 2009

Clinical guidelines from the BGS / RCP and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on advance care planning, multimorbidity and the risks associated with cold homes in winter.

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Clinical guidelines
Anaemia

Anaemia

Established in 2017, this Special Interest Group deals with the disorders that may arise in the older person with anaemia.
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Can the recuperation time following acute illness be shortened?

01 October 2019

It takes time to recuperate when getting over an acute illness but can ‘preventing deconditioning’ help? In a clinical context, we can define deconditioning syndrome as ‘A complex process of physiological change induced by inactivity that can affect multiple body systems and may result in decline in physical, psychological and functional abilities’.

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Autumn Meeting 2020

Live 25-27 Nov 2020 - On Demand until 27 Nov 2021
ONLINE

The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest in evidence and best practice in the health and care of older people.

Autumn Conference

Autumn Meeting 2019

06 November 2019
LEICESTER

The BGS Autumn meeting will cover the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice of interest to all specialists responsible for the health care of older people.

Autumn Conference

Scotland Trainees Autumn Meeting 2018

29 August 2018
Glasgow

This annual meeting aims to identify and address key training and learning points within the speciality. Sessions include: Developing management skills, Older people in the emergency department, Quality Improvement surgery, Neurosurgery, Nutrition in old age.

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