BGS Newsletter: Issue 69 February 2019

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Overview

The first edition of 2019 kicks off with a guide to big data, the lowdown on the long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan, addressing the problem of polypharmacy and how podiatry interventions could help to reduce falls.

Also in this issue:

  • President's Column
  • Editorial
  • Update your preferences
  • Do people fall out of bed?
  • Guidelines for driving with dementia
  • Lifetime physical activity and late-life cognitive function
  • Quality time
  • Guidance on clinically assisted nutrition and hydration
  • Nutrition & Hydration Week
  • POPS SIG
  • BGS Northern Ireland update
  • Smoking and drinking alcohol
  • Physiotherapy UK 2018 conference
  • Obesity in older people
  • Delirium Re-audit & World Delirium Awareness Day
  • Podiatry and falls prevention
  • GIRFT in geriatric medicine
  • Dhole-Eddlestone memorial prize winner announced
  • Clinical research methods for studies of older people
  • 2019 Clinical Excellence Awards
  • Join the BGS Members Directory
  • Modern technology use for cardiovascular disease
  • BGS policy update
  • Obituary: Professor John Starr
  • Notices