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Mashup Score: 20BGS issues stark warning to the new government ahead of winter | - 14 day(s) ago
The BGS, supported by 16 organisations including four medical Royal Colleges, has expressed grave concerns about the impact of the winter months on the health and wellbeing of older people.
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Mashup Score: 26
This list of preferred and non-preferred terminology has been compiled to help healthcare professionals, academic authors and the general public avoid language that might be deemed unacceptable or
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A favourite topic! @CellPressNews & @TheLancet webinar on inclusive language, here in scientific publishing on ageing. Excellent start from @RochonPaula - here is the link to the @GeriSoc language guidance which I'll add to the @Peoplefirst_HIV website https://t.co/155wH8qCyv https://t.co/arsu0KR5EZ
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Mashup Score: 52024 Cardiovascular Health in Older People SIG Meeting | British - 2 month(s) ago
2024 Meeting of the Cardiovascular SIG
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Mashup Score: 1Rapid Realist Review + Virtual Wards + People with Frailty = ? | - 4 month(s) ago
Shortly after joining NIHR ARC-West in September 2021, I was assigned to a rapid realist review project on frailty virtual wards. I’d worked on frailty projects before, thought I could handle virtual
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Mashup Score: 9Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: Everyone’s business | British - 6 month(s) ago
This report sets out what high-quality rehabilitation for older people with frailty looks like, and how it should be delivered.
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Mashup Score: 27Twenty minutes of daily exercise can help reverse frailty and build - 6 month(s) ago
Our new study published in Age and Ageing shows how a combination of simple strength exercises and dietary changes can help reverse frailty and build physical resilience in over-65-year-olds.
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Mashup Score: 1The Geriatrics “Profanisaurus.” Words and phrases we should ban? | - 6 month(s) ago
During the BGS Spring Meeting in Belfast, Prof Des O’Neill – probably the most cultured and literate geriatrician in our midst, asked many delegates, notebook in hand, for tips on enlightening books
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Mashup Score: 6Are “frailty units” and “dementia wards” the anathema of pure - 7 month(s) ago
Person-centred care, for those who are enthusiastic about it like me, can at times feel like a religion. To be a pure follower of this approach, it means respecting the holistic aspects of a person,
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Mashup Score: 4Front door frailty: Advice on setting up services | British - 9 month(s) ago
In this document, the BGS sets out five principles that should underpin front door frailty services, as well as tips on establishing services from those who have been through the process.
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Mashup Score: 0What matters to the patient? Frailty, Falls and Medicines - agreeing - 10 month(s) ago
This weekend I visited an older relative. She told me her cardiologist and GP are “worried about her aorta” and trying to get her blood pressure below 110/70mmHg. To achieve this, she has been
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The @GeriSoc, supported by 22 organisations including four medical Royal Colleges, has expressed grave concerns about the impact of the winter months on the health and wellbeing of older people in @NHSEngland https://t.co/lrwrzgOqe7