Category: Elderly medicine

Clinical updates and new guidelines on elderly medicine and working with older patients for GP locums, including UTIs, dementia, and patients in care homes

Netflix’s ‘My Love’ is an uplifting watch for us GPs

Netflix’s ‘My Love’ is an uplifting watch for us GPs

Netflix's 'My Love' reminded me of the beauty of ageing, writes Dr Harvey.

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Podcast | I’m a GeriGP

Podcast | I’m a GeriGP

NASGP member Eva Kalmus describes how she became co-chair of the new GeriGP group of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), and why being a portfolio GP has never been boring.

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Nice | Alzheimer’s drugs

Nice | Alzheimer’s drugs

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Nice | Managing discharge from hospital

Nice | Managing discharge from hospital

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Nice | Older people with social needs and multiple long-term conditions

Nice | Older people with social needs and multiple long-term conditions

New guideline needs to be read after their other recent publication on home care (or see this post for a summary).

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Home care for older people

Home care for older people

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Nice | Dementia – advice for those in ‘mid-life’

Nice | Dementia – advice for those in ‘mid-life’

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Nice | Falls

Nice | Falls

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Nice | Stroke rehabilitation

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Nice | Osteoporosis – assessing the risk of fracture

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