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Nutritional status can be easily assessed, and problems can often be addressed quickly. Key questions about diet, appetite and weight should be on the menu of any Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
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This virtual event is a local forum covering the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in the health care of older people.
The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest in evidence and best practice in the health and care of older people.
The leading meeting in the UK for clinicians working in the field of falls and mobility medicine.
This annual meeting aims to identify and address key training and learning points within the speciality. Sessions include: Developing management skills, Older people in the emergency department, Quality Improvement surgery, Neurosurgery, Nutrition in old age.
Geriatrics for Juniors 2018 is here! A day of practical tips & career advice for junior docs, specialist nurses & AHPs around the care of older people. November 24th in London.
This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provision in a care home environment should look like.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people addresses nutritional needs at the end of life.
Presentations from 2021 North West Autumn Meeting (3 CPD Points)
Dr Alicja Baczynska considers the association between frailty and poor dietary choices.
Whereas the effects of protein intake to stave off frailty have been studied, the effects of specific nutrients have not, until now.
Clinical guidelines from the BGS / RCP and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on advance care planning, multimorbidity and the risks associated with cold homes in winter.
The incidence of under nutrition among patients admitted to hospitals in UK is around 28% and is 25% greater in older people. Under nutrition results in longer lengths of stay in hospital. In care homes, 30% of residents were found to be undernourished.
When I commenced my Clinical Lead role at the Royal British Legion in January of this year, one of the first challenges presented to me by my team was to sample a ‘puréed meal’ in one of our care homes.
Over 850,000 people in the UK have dementia, many of whom struggle with eating and drinking issues affecting nutritional status, due to changes in memory, motor skills, appetite, taste perception, dysphagia and food preferences.
Dysphagia is common in hospital and when there is an appreciable risk of choking, aspiration or pneumonia, people can be said to be ‘eating and drinking at risk’ (EDAR). This is usually considered when their swallow is unlikely to improve in a reasonable time frame, there is no safe and acceptable modified diet, and tube feeding has been ruled out.