Aims The rising numbers of older people and especially those with frailty has led to new
approaches of care being developed within Wakefield. These all focus on person-centred …

First of all we have to change focus; not on the disease, but on the autonomy! Older people
want to be able to do the things they consider important as long as possible. Add life to …

The health care of nursing home residents causes deep unease in every practitioner who
works with older people. The problem for frail older people in many western countries is that …

This thesis examines influences on outcomes for frail older people in the year following their
discharge from a specialist subacute geriatric assessment unit. It is a mixed methodology …

A report from the United Kingdom on making health and care systems fit for an ageing
population proposes a range of interventions to make care better for older adults, especially …

The population is aging, with frailty emerging as a significant risk factor for poor outcomes for
older people who become acutely ill. We describe the development and implementation of …

The National Service Framework for Older People has been instrumental in challenging the
way we deliver health care, and to an extent social care, for an increasing proportion of our …

The development of geriatric medicine has been widely credited to Dr Marjorie Warren who
worked in the West Middlesex Hospital, United Kingdom in the 1940s, rehabilitating old …

Background: The Weymouth and Portland Hub builds on the model of integrated community
care developed in Bridport and presented at the BGS Spring Conference 2016 (1). The …

Abstract Background In 2019, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group (Western Australia)
launched a project to support earlier than usual discharges for frail elderly patients. This …