Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
"I feel that this fellowship has developed me personally as well as producing a #frailty resource that has helped colleagues across the specialty to develop their services and improve their own knowledge"
Read the BGS Blog by Dr Elinor Burn. bgs.org.uk/blog/my-experienc…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Immobilisation strategies can be catastrophic for muscle mass and function within days — leaving older people in bed, says Sahota, is not an option. If you are going to intervene, do it quickly #bgsconf #orthogeriatrics
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Our new #FrontDoorFrailty resource sets out five principles that should underpin services. Principle 1: prioritise the development of the service. Find out more about this and the other principles here: bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Optimizing delirium care in the era of Age-Friendly Health System. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Did you know that the 4AT picks up most delirium (88% sens), indicates delirium when +ve (88% spec) takes <2 min + doesn’t require any specific training to pick up a disease that is preventable yet commonly missed?
Oh and it comes as an app now! New vid
youtu.be/PgV29T_qxQ4?si=P5vP…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
An excellent @bmj_latest education piece on taking a collateral history.
Useful at all ages if something just isn’t quite right, but a crucial part of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, familiar to my colleagues in @GeriSoc.
Link if preferred:
bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023…
ALT Article on taking a collateral history. Excerpt: When someone is unable to give a full, detailed, or accurate account of their medical, functional, or social situation, the relevant information may be gathered from others, such as family, friends, or carers. This is known as the collateral history. In this overview, we highlight the benefits and challenges of collecting an effective collateral history and suggest ways to improve collateral history taking.
ALT Second page including examples.
ALT Some of the challenges in taking a collateral history.
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Measurements of Healthy Ageing. A special issue by @WHO answering the challenge to measure healthy ageing has with a plethora of ways to collect and analyse data. academic.oup.com/ageing/issu… #HealthyAgeing @GeriSoc @OUPAcademic @OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals
Brilliant 🙌🏻 fab to see AHPs AFT invited along too @emmpatts
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Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Use of new STOPP/START criteria in the care of older adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Absolutely!!!!!!
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Orthostatic hypotension was most prevalent and symptomatic immediately within 1–2 min after standing, but more informative for fall risk after 4.5 min. Clinicians may consider both intervals when assessing for orthostatic hypotension. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Want to understand what frailty is, in just 3 minutes? The first in our series of videos on tik tok. Full video here vm.tiktok.com/ZGJWuTVPe/
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
We need public heath intervention to reduce the modifiable burden of delirium on our public health system @ProfLizSampson #EDA2023 @EDA_delirium
The Patient Safety Melissa bus has dropped by at UHND today, lots of pop up education given ☺️ @CDDFTNHS
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Guideline commentary on updated NICE guidelines for urinary tract infections doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad0…
Acute Frailty Team UHND retweeted
Advance care planning: It is time to rethink our goals. #geriatrics #HaPC agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
