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“The heart does not get dementia…People with #dementia still have feelings and they can give a sense of fulfilment.” Dutch gallery designs tours for people with dementia ⁦Kunstmuseum Den Haag⁩ theguardian.com/world/article/…

Problematic Polypharmacy and #deprescribing A keystone of preventative work in Older People’s Care and #frailty Heather Smith and Dula Alicehajic-Becic are engaging and passionate presenters leading an Oct online masterclass👇🏻 Get it in your diaries! British Geriatrics Society Health Innovation Network

Congratulations Amit Arora Your election as President-Elect from the end of this year means @Gerisoc have a safe pair of hands for our Older People’s care. Well done 🙏🏻 I’m at your service, Amit Arora!

Junior Doctors in England pay restoration offer agreed by Department of Health and Social Care and The BMA : to be taken to membership vote. 👏🏻👏🏻Promising start from Wes Streeting MP Can strike action in #PrimaryCare be averted too? I have my fingers (and toes) crossed

RT 📢 Do you work across Greater Manchester as a prescriber? Can you support our future pharmacists with their 2025/2026 Foundation training year? Attend one of the two webinars to find out more and have your questions answered!!

⭐️New #Delirium elearning course⭐️ BGS has expanded its elearning offering with a new course in 'Delirium in Older People' with 10 CPD hours/credits. This is an in-depth course that will be of benefit to a wide range of health & social care professionals. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

To find out more about how Age_and_Ageing raises the profile of research into older people’s health and to submit your work to the journal, visit 'Reasons to Publish' page here academic.oup.com/ageing/pages/r…

BGS has joined National Care Forum and over 30 social care leaders & people with lived experience signing a joint open letter to Wes Streeting MP Department of Health and Social Care expressing concern over recent government decisions on adult social care. Find out more here nationalcareforum.org.uk/draft/unpreced…

“We see people deteriorating in hospital whilst they’re awaiting community beds, and then further deteriorating when they move to community beds without #rehabilitation. This is inhumane.” BGS President Adam Gordon MBE via Health Service Journal today #RighttoRehab Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Great advice for such difficult moments…

BGS member Lucy Pollock will be sharing her experiences of over thirty years of working with older people and discussing her new book 'The Golden Rule' at this Age UK Camden Age UK event on 30 August British Library. Book your ticket here 👇 eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-w…

If you are a GP with a special interest in #frailty, or are interested in finding out more, explore the resources on RCGP website here rcgp.org.uk/your-career/gp…

GPs are the best older people’s generalists in the community (IMHO) With an Ageing Population our business as usual will continue, there will be more of it, and there will also be increasing complexity. This is now the work we should be doing. It’s the work many want to do too.

Great to see RCGP publish framework for GPs with Extended Roles in frailty. Thanks to DebGompertz and members of British Geriatrics Society Community & Primary Care Group who contributed.

"The provision of good-quality end of life care in care homes enables care to be provided in surroundings that the patient is familiar with (as for patients in private homes), and has the potential to reduce urgent hospital admissions." via Nuffield Trust nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/what…

"It is a privilege and honour to have been elected as the next Chair of #NurseAHPcouncil. I look forward to taking up the position in November and working with the BGS as we strive to improve healthcare for older people.” - Lyndsey Dunn Lyndsey Dunn. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

👀 Calling existing frailty GPs and any GPs looking to step into this space..really helpful clarity on Frailty GPwER roles from the brilliant DebGompertz with British Geriatrics Society RCGP

Are you new to #research but keen to get involved? Join us at our next free #CommunityNursing #Research Forum #masterclass & find out about routes into research for Community Nurses with Donna Clements from NCH&C Book here👉: qni.org.uk/news-and-event… Dr Ben Bowers RN QN

BGS is delighted to announce that Dr Firdaus Hirji Adenwalla has been awarded the Society’s prestigious Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. He is a Consultant #Geriatrician in the ‘Safe at Home Service’ at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership 🏳️‍🌈 in Wales. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Services that aim to promote brain health and facilitate rapid assessment, diagnosis and support to people developing #delirium are still desperately needed. Register today for our BGS Delirium elearning course here bgs.org.uk/elearning/deli…