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Healthier for longer: How healthcare professionals can …

WEBIn recent years, prevention has been highlighted as a priority for the Government and for health services. The Government published a prevention ‘vision document’ in November …

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Effective healthcare for older people living in care homes British

WEBIn the UK 405,000 older people (65+) currently live in care homes. This represents 16% of older people over the age of 85. The term care home includes homes both with and …

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World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older …

WEBThe World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative are published by Age and Ageing and aim to provide a framework and expert …

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Strong, Steady & Straight: NOS Exercise and Osteoporosis …

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

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Ambitions for change: Improving healthcare in care homes

WEB1. Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the whole of society in an unprecedented way, resulting in the deaths of more than 130,000 people in the UK. 1 Care home residents …

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New evidence for the benefits of hospital at home services

WEBIt also provided evidence to support the inclusion of frailty virtual wards, also known as Hospital at Home, as part of NHS England’s virtual ward programme. This programme …

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Introduction to Frailty British Geriatrics Society

WEBFrailty is a distinctive health state related to the ageing process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their in-built reserves. Around 10 per cent of people aged over …

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Improving oral health in older people British Geriatrics Society

WEBThe importance of oral health must be recognised in any wider reforms to health and social care. Good oral health is an essential part of older people’s health care. For older …

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The assessment of pain in older people UK national guidelines

WEBExecutive summary. We are facing a huge increase in the older population over the next 30 years. This brings an anticipated increase in the prevalence of chronic pain and with this …

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Keeping older people safe and well at home

WEBKeep On Keep Up (KOKU) Keep On Keep Up (KOKU) is an award-winning NHS and Orcha approved platform which aims to assist older adults to independently engage with …

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Why is personalisation important in health and social care

WEB05 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 …

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8. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Care and support planning

WEBThe essence of personalised care and support planning is: A conversation between an individual (including their family/carer when appropriate) to discuss life priorities, …

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CGA in community settings British Geriatrics Society

WEB13. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with depression. 14. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with confusion and delirium. 15. CGA in Primary Care …

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary Care …

WEBComprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary Care Practitioners

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Falls Management Exercise (FaME) Implementation Toolkit

WEBLast updated: 13 June 2019. This toolkit, from NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East Midlands, provides a suite of resources that …

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Long Covid: An Age-old concept

WEBWith over 69 million reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide, we have all experienced rapid and dramatic changes to our healthcare services over the last 12 months. Older people …

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Frailty elearning free to all British Geriatrics Society

WEB27 September 2023. The British Geriatrics Society has updated and relaunched its Frailty elearning course, which is free to all health and social care professionals. The British …

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QI Hub: Project ideas British Geriatrics Society

WEBWe hope the ideas below act as a springboard for your project - and if in doubt, speak to your team! Preventing harm. Patient Safety. Implementing best practice. Working with …

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Clinical Frailty Scale*

WEBClinical Frailty Scale* 1 Very Fit – People who are robust, active, energetic and motivated. These people commonly exercise regularly. They are among the fittest for their age.

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