In 2018 the challenges of meeting the needs of the ageing population require increased financial investment, accelerated system reform across health and care services, a clear plan and strong, consistent commitment to delivering it.
The British Geriatrics Society’s ‘Position Statement on Primary Care for Older People’ published at the end of August calls for more care and treatment to be delivered in the community to better meet the needs of our ageing population, and urges the Government to build this into the long term plans for the NHS.
The Nuffield Trust, in collaboration with clinical investigators at the Universities of Leicester, Southampton and Newcastle, is part of a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-funded project to research acute hospital care for frail older people. The aim of the work is to inform NHS managers, clinicians, patients and the public about how best to organise hospital services for frail older people.
On September 26th 2018 the India Day & Symposium “Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation for Active and Healthy Ageing” took place in the centre of Graz.
Frailty.net is an international educational resource that aims to help geriatricians, primary care physicians and other health care professionals involved in the care of older persons implement frailty into clinical practice.
