Book now for #AAAConf 2021. ageanaesthesia.com/virtual-asm-20…. Join us for a perioperative day of learning from expert patients and clinicians. #periopmed #geriatrics

The first geriatric textbook 1848. Sadly geriatrics is still overlooked by physicians

Ageing and Health motivation: and so it begins James Adams⁩ ⁦Dr Michelle Bull 💙⁩ ⁦Ayesha Sheikh⁩ ⁦Chooi Lee⁩

Helen Wilson 💙 James Adams Ayesha Sheikh Chooi Lee Yoga for me today - recuperation after a long week. Strength and flexibility in one go! Was feeling very desk shaped beforehand - much more zen now!! #AHMotivation

Helen Wilson 💙 James Adams Ayesha Sheikh Chooi Lee And I even walked the long way round to get some steps in! Feel much better for getting out and breathing in the fresh air. Thanks Helen Wilson 💙 for getting it all organised and getting me out there 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️

Helen Wilson 💙 James Adams Dr Michelle Bull 💙 Chooi Lee Here is my active 30 minutes- a mix of walking and 🏃‍♀️

Day 2 Ageing and Health Motivation. Love Jo Whiley couch to 5km. Keep it up. ⁦Dr Michelle Bull 💙⁩ ⁦Ayesha Sheikh⁩ ⁦James Adams⁩

For #IWD2021 we asked BGS members to write a tribute celebrating a woman who has been a personal inspiration, challenged the status quo through exceptional leadership, and promoted gender equality in healthcare. Read their tributes here bgs.org.uk/iwd2021 #ChooseToChallenge

Supporting people who have eating and drinking difficulties | RCP London rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outpu…

Check out this month's infographic on tranexamic acid effectively reducing blood loss and transfusion rates in elderly patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture ow.ly/G50C50DWpjA #infographic #orthotwitter

Such a moving piece. Breathless | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

POPS British Geriatrics Society can we please advertise this initiative? Helen Wilson 💙

A poignant read, showing why we must do better for older people. We need to listen to their wishes - Hospital isn't always the right place. Another brilliantly written very moving piece. 😢

Great story of a patient who was kept out of hospital after being referred to an advanced clinical practitioner within two hours by a community geriatrician Shelagh O'Riordan, promoting the recently issued #2hrcrisisresponse guidance: bgs.org.uk/blog/keeping-j… #UCR

Pre-congress regional meeting Europe, excellent discussion about best practices and importance of leadership in team working #FFNCongress2021

Excited to see our guidelines in press! Thank you so much to all co-authors for working hard on this collaboration between stakeholders involved in perioperative care of people living with frailty. Time to get implementing!! British Geriatrics Society American Geriatrics Society ANZSGM Centre for Perioperative Care NHS Elect 💙

"I’d love to see more acknowledgment that doctors in acute care, just like GPs, are trying to do the right thing in the context and constraints of our work. We need unity, not division." David Oliver's latest column ow.ly/rbZN50Gizwd

We are pleased to publish the Centre for Perioperative Care British Geriatrics Society 'Guideline for the Perioperative Care for People Living with Frailty Undergoing Emergency and Elective Surgery.' The guideline is the first full perioperative pathway for frailty. Read more: bit.ly/2ZAVYGV

I'm thrilled to tell you that my talk about 'What Happens As We Die' for TEDxNewcastle is now up on TED Talks YouTube website. youtube.com/watch?v=CZDDBy…

Our frailty hospital at home ACP is teaching our UCR team how to use the point of card testing machines. Working together makes us all so much more efficient and therefore better for patients! ⁦Emily Reynolds⁩