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👇👇👇 incredibly powerful reflection on #ageism in our society. We need to ask older people now what is important to them as much as we ask the young what is important for their future. We need to reduce the fear of ageing by being realistic about our potential future needs.

2024-25 saw the launch of our #ChooseGeriatrics campaign, celebrating the variety and rewards of careers in older peoples' healthcare. buff.ly/102hbqt

In 2024-25, we held a policy roundtable event attended by 25 senior decision-makers. Read the summary here: buff.ly/vBxxOKW

Last year, 2.6 million articles were downloaded from our journal, Age and Ageing. Full access to Age and Ageing is just one of the many benefits of BGS membership. Find out more about Age and Ageing: buff.ly/fO2BLly

67 blogs were published on our website last year. You can read them and many more here: buff.ly/7I8PEK0

Latest issue of A&A is packed with top quality content. Including the new Electronic Frailty Index eFI2, a themed collection on cancer, a systematic review of VR for dementia intervention, a clinical trial on improving care home transition... academic.oup.com/ageing/issue/5…

Greater awareness behind ADHD surge, study suggests ADHD prevalence in adults and children has remained largely stable since 2020," she added. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Treatment uses Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to improve mobility and reduce falls in people living with Parkinson’s disease bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In 2024-25 the BGS published reports on: - Proactive care - Nurse & AHP workforce - Reablement, rehabilitation and recovery - BGS roundtable event. Read all our reports: buff.ly/FhZtXHL

Good to be going to MWH for Nurse and AHP meeting British Geriatrics Society When I attend these days it reminds me that older people’s healthcare is an MDT need and can never be met by any single professional group. We can’t medicalise or medicate all people’s needs

Looking forward to seeing you soon, Cliff, and well said!

The Frailty Conference takes place next Friday, with discussions focusing on caring for older adults in different settings from community to hospital. This will include our keynote lecture from Professor Chris Whitty. Book your place: rcpsg.ac.uk/education/frai… Kirsty Colquhoun Eric Livingston British Geriatrics Society

This #CarersWeek2025, I want to recognise the vital role of unpaid carers and the close partnership between carers and our adult social care nurses. Together, you make compassionate, person-centred care possible every day. Thank you. #AdultSocialCare #Nursing

We have published a third part in our blog on assisted dying looking at where we are now and what happens next. Part three features the latest updates from Scotland, England and Wales. Template letter to MPs and MSPs are also included. buff.ly/R8yXbhO

British Geriatric Society update on the #AssistedDyingBill Good summary of where we are at in the process for both the Eng/Wales and Scottish bills and overview of their position British Geriatrics Society

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting violence' against Palestinians bbc.com/news/articles/…

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales…..thank god! bbc.com/news/articles/…

“It's the inverse care law. The people most in need of health and care are the least likely to get it - if you are black, if you are poor, if you are elderly and poor, there are inequalities in the system and people like my mum suffer." bbc.com/news/articles/…

Misogyny is an epidemic fuelled by social media, Amy Hunt tells BBC in first interview bbc.com/news/articles/…

The frustration for many of us is that the evidence says that for the biggest impact to be made we need to shift away from a hospital based approach for more than just ‘clinic’ appointments…..the money for acute care should follow the patient is my view bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…