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Ten per cent of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency stay more than two weeks, using 55 per cent of all hospital bed days, and 80 per cent of that group are aged over 65 years. The av

Clinical guidelines and tailored resources from NICE on supporting people with dementia, mental wellbeing of older people in care homes and a video illustrating the NICE quality standards for menta

Physicians practising in general internal medicine (GIM) commonly manage illness in patients who may be in the last phase of their lives.

Frailty means patients with what appear to be straightforward symptoms may be masking a more serious underlying problem.

What is frailty and why should you look for it in the older patient?  We outline the causes and possible ways to prevent frailty, as well as asking if there is any value in screening for frail

Once you've identified that an older person has frailty, what steps you can take to undertake a holistic review, or Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, in order to manage frailty.

A seminal King's Fund Report in which David Oliver et. al. describes the steps required to make health and care systems fit for their core patient group - namely older people. 

Originally lodging houses were designed to accommodate younger labourers who came to town to find work but were unable to travel to and from their own homes.

In 1941 Ernest Brown, presented the House of Commons with the general principles on which the government proposed to base its post war hospital policy.

All undergraduate curricula must have a core consisting of the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes which students must have by the time they graduate.