Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society. J Am Geriatr Soc . 2010. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03234.x. Disclosure: Tinetti has ...

Nursing home residents in chronic pain may benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to new guidelines on managing pain in older people.

Offthetopofmyhead has rebranded the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), the professional membership organisation for consultant geriatricians and other healthcare professionals working with older people ...

A British Geriatric Society survey of 200 doctors found that more than half would be worried about how the NHS would treat them in old age. The government says age discrimination legislation will be ...

January 13, 2011 — The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the British Geriatric Society (BGS) have updated their 2001 guidelines on preventing falls in older persons and have published a ...

The British Geriatrics Society is the membership association for professionals specializing in the healthcare of older people across the UK. Founded in 1947, BGS has over 5,000 members, ...

Interventions to prevent falls among the elderly should include an exercise component, according to new fall prevention guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatric ...

British Geriatrics Society (2019) Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary Care Practitioners. BGS. British Geriatrics Society (2017) Fit for Frailty BGS Part 1: Consensus Best Practice ...

Ashish Joshi has spoken to Care England and the British Geriatric Society who say there has not been enough consideration of the role carers and doctors in the community will have in assisted dying.