They tried to make me go to rehab
But I said ….
YES YES YES !!!
(apologies to Amy Winehouse)

#Reablement
#Recovery
#Rehabilitation
Everyone’s businesss
British Geriatrics Society

Get it right, and get it right away
#nodelay

Super piece of work led by Anne Hendry 👇🏻

Importance focus on front door #frailty assessments

NEW BRIEFING: The number of people w/ #dementia in Engand is expected to more than double in the next 25 yrs.📈
However, not everyone is equally at risk + there's unequal access to care.

This #DementiaActionWeek , we share CPEC's work on #dementia + linked disparities.
READ.👇

This is an excellent report from the British Geriatrics Society team!

Why should we pay attention to it? Join me for a bit of a thread….

Seated exercise does not reduce falls in older people. You need to get people on their feet when exercising to reduce falls risk. Prof Dawn Skelton #rcpeOlder2024

BGS welcomes GOV.UK funding for 350 additional medical school places in England for the academic year 2025 to 2026 in the latest step to deliver NHS Long Term Workforce Plan via Department of Health and Social Care NHS England Victoria Atkins gov.uk/government/new…

“We are particularly pleased to see focus on #frailty assessments at the front door which brings the expertise into EDs & Admission Units needed to support people with the most complex care needs.'

BGS President Adam Gordon quoted in NHS England news england.nhs.uk/2024/05/nhs-pl…

🗣️SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT
Dr Alexandra Mayhew, whose paper in Age_and_Ageing won the 2024 Dhole-Eddlestone Prize, is speaking at the BGS Spring Meeting. There's still time to register to hear her talk on 23 May. #BGSConf
For more information visit bgs.org.uk/spring24

Thanks Trisha for this great thread about the latest British Geriatrics Society report! Do check it out. 👇 #BGSRehab

Why invest in rehabilitation?

Check out the report that British Geriatrics Society produced, as discussed in this thread.

Spoiler: it’s good value for money!

bgs.org.uk/Rehab

In parts of the UK older people struggle to access rehabilitation after an illness such that a right to recovery can no longer be taken for granted. ⁦British Geriatrics Society⁩ lays out, today, what good care looks like and challenges our policymakers to deliver it. bgs.org.uk/Rehab

The British Geriatrics Society has published a list of preferred language when referring to older people in a health context
It has been compiled to help healthcare professionals, academics and authors to avoid language which may be considered unacceptable or inappropriate
journalofdementiacare.co.uk/preferred-lang…

“We know that this, alongside initiatives such as a sustained commitment to reducing hospital handover delays, will lead to the improved wellbeing of our people''

BGS President Adam Gordon quoted in NHS England press release here england.nhs.uk/2024/05/nhs-pl…

🗣️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT:
Carly Welch is the joint recipient of the BGS Rising Star Award 2023 and will be speaking on 'Collaboration to build resilience in older age' at the BGS Spring Meeting. #BGSConf For more information visit bgs.org.uk/spring24

Any Nurse/AHP attendees also very welcome to join NAHP council members for an early dinner on Weds 22nd after welcome drinks. Let us know if interested Lyndsey Dunn. Dr Esther Clift Lynn MacDiarmid RN💙#ProtectNurse British Geriatrics Society

Excellent new report on the growing evidence of the importance of rehabilitation for individuals and for wider health and care systems, well done everyone who has contributed

bgs.org.uk/sites/default/…
Thanks to Anne Hendry and British Geriatrics Society Adam Gordon this excellent report describes how Frailty is not inevitable it can be slowed down and prevented and it should be the business for every ICS across the country. Some places are doing better than others.

This is an excellent report from the team at British Geriatrics Society on the value of rehabilitation.

Watch out, I’ll be tweeting more about it over the next wee while!

Great report with important messages for all

'Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery' - a new report from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) British Geriatrics Society

It sets out what high-quality rehabilitation looks like, how it should be delivered and explains why it's everyone's business!

Read the report at: bgs.org.uk/Rehab