The EGM is pleased to inform that 5 virtual collections have been started on 5 Geriatrics main topics: Delirium, Drug use in older people, Frailty, Orthogeriatrics, Sarcopenia.
Check it here:
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Frailty Seminar Series
The purpose of these seminars is to exchange and share evidence-based practices, and research advances about all aspects of frailty.
More info:
We are proud to inform that we have received 561 abstracts about non-COVID Geriatric Topics to be presented at the EuGMS digital congress! Geriatric Medicine did not stop! If you contributed somehow to these numbers, please like and share this post!
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@LaSFGG
Over 1400 delegates, from 64 countries, from all over the world, are here in Berlin for the 14th
@EUGMS2018
Truly an international conference, to reflect on the best ways to move Geriatric Medicine forward worldwide
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#EuGMS2018
Don't forget that the drugs your are prescribing can cause a fall. Medication and
falls often go hand in hand. Check here the Fall Risk Increasing Drugs TFG leaflet.
Dr Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis from Mexico will speak about the social media, ageism, and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EUGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society
#EuGMS2020
@EnriqueSoto8
Last EuGMS Congress in Berlin it was presented that Geriatrics input in the emergency departments can reduce hospital admissions. "Frailty service" in the ED is needed and should be disseminated accross every emergency department. What do you think about?
@EuGMSSociety
The British Geriatrics Society has launched the Silver Book II!
Leading experts in frailty launch the Silver Book II in collaboration with the British Geriatrics Society- please read on the EuGMS website:
@EuGMSSociety
#SilverBook2
The EuGMS SIG on Sarcopenia is glad to invite you to the next meeting on February 23rd, at 12PM CET.
With the topic “The Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS initiative): Background and Current Status” by Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft.
Dr Francisco J. Tarazona from Spain will speak about COVID-19, older adults and ageism - mistakes that should never happen again.
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#EuGMS2020
@sabater71
We are proud to inform that we have received more than 850 abstracts to be presented at the EuGMS digital congress, more than 300 about COVID-19. If you contributed somehow to these numbers, please like and share this post!
🎥 Tahir Masud and Nathalie van der Velde presented ‘The 1st World Falls Guidelines: falls and fracture prevention are intertwined‘ at the WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2023 🦴 Watch this EuGMS-ESCEO-IOF Symposium ➡️
#EuGMS
#ESCEO
@iofbonehealth
@n_vandervelde
The EuGMS is happy to share with all the EuGMS Community a document published on behalf of @GeriSoc. Joining the Dots is a
#blueprint
that addresses
#frailty
in older people (OP) and intends to be a helpful guide for senior decision makers who are planning integrated care for OP
📢OUT NOW📢 'Joining the dots: A blueprint for preventing and managing
#frailty
in older people' has now been published! This report shows what good-quality age-attuned integrated care for older people looks like. Find out more here
#BGSBlueprint
Meet the EuGMS e-Congress Speaker!
Dr Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis will discuss the prevalence and impact of ageism in social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, and strategies to mitigate it.
EUGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society
#EuGMS2020
@EnriqueSoto8
The EuGMS wishes a Happy 2022, hoping that the care of the older people will continue to improve. As a symbolic gift, the EuGMS is offering FREE ACCESS to the EGM issue that includes all the abstracts presented at the 17th EuGMS Congress. Share with your colleagues!
It is with great joy that we announce the first face-to-face event of the PROGRAMMING COST Action, advocating for the training of the health workforce in basic principles of Geriatric Medicine. 6-7th April 2023, Athens
#COST
#COSTactions
#ScienceWithoutBorders
@COSTprogramme
We are proud to inform that we have received more than 850 abstracts to be presented at the EuGMS digital congress, more than 300 about COVID-19. If you contributed somehow to these numbers, please like and share this post!
@KirylPrashchaye
@LaSFGG
@EEMEG1
@irishgerontsoc
🤝 On Oct 14 the
#EuGMS
and
@WHO
signed a MoU to improve care for healthy
#ageing
. We will work together to reorient health and social care services, as well as to build the skills of healthcare workers on the principles of
#geriatrics
and WHO ICOPE
This year the EuGMS Congress will be digital. Nevertheless, a modern Conference Center is being prepared to offer you a pleasant experience . Have you already registered at the EuGMS E-Congress?
@EuGMSSociety
We are pleased to announce that the SIG on Frailty is starting a project consisting of online open meetings to discuss relevant developments and papers related to intrinsic capacity, frailty and resilience.
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Save the date!
In 2020, the EuGMS Congress will go virtual and become the key digital event in the field of geriatric medicine and health services for the ageing population!
Be part of it!
EUGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society
Proud to announce that a new paper about 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 has been published in the EGM. It is the result of the joint effort of the EuGMS SIG on Education & Training and UEMS-GMS.
New EGM article!
The sarcopenia and physical frailty in older people: multi‑component treatment strategies (SPRINTT) project: description and feasibility of a nutrition intervention in community‑dwelling older Europeans
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Suggested reading: Polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and deprescribing
in older people: through a sex and gender lens,
a paper published in the Lancet Healthy Longevity, with the collaboration of the EuGMS SIG on Pharmacology
The Frailty SIG is running a series of online open meetings to discuss relevant developments related to intrinsic capacity, frailty & resilience.
The first meeting will be held on Monday January 25th from 4 to 5 pm CET.
Dr Ricardo Mexia from Portugal will speak about the misinformation about COVID-19 that may increase the fear and stigma of older people.
@EuGMSSociety
#EuGMS2020
@ricmexia
The EuGMS is pleased to share with you two new videos released by AARP and the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) designed to educate and raise awareness of delirium and dementia in hospitals and emergency departments.
@thegedc
📣 Young Geriatricians Initiative (YGI ) has just started a blog and is looking for submissions till September 25th. 💌 Send your blog submission to ygi
@eugms
.org
Hurry, only the first 50 applications will be considered!
@EuGMSSociety
#EuGMSYGI
Older ED patients are most commonly assigned the presentational flowchart ‘unwell adult’ when using the Manchester Triage System. These patients have the highest non-trauma mortality and hospital admission rates.
@clinmedjournals
@drsimonpm
Fascinating summary of the role of the gut microbiome in muscle physiology by Andrea Ticinesi of Parma, Italy - human studies are needsd to further explore the gut-muscle axis
#EuGMS2019
We are really glad to announce that the first article of EuGMS - Early-Career Geriatricians Initiative (ECGI) has been published on EGM and Pubmed Journal! Register at My EuGMS and get full acess to this article:
#eugms
#ecgieugms
#EGM
#geriatrics
#pubmed
Welcome to Kraków and to the 15th International Congress of the EuGMS!
Meet the EUGMS Congress Speakers!
Dr. Fátima Brañas: 'HIV: particular aspects in older people'
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#EuGMS2019
Have you registered at the EuGMS congress 2021 in Athens & online? Some participants at the Congress in Krakow in 2019 shared who should not miss the congress. Check here the testimony of Dr Jerzy Gazowsky from Poland.
EGM Special issue: MEDICATIONS in OLDER PEOPLE (European Geriatric Medicine Volume 12, issue 3, June 2021)
Issue Editors: Antonio Cherubini, Marie Laure Laroche, Mirko Petrovic from the EuGMS SIG on Pharmacology
FREE READING till 1st JULY 2021
Some of the potential treatments for sarcopenia that have been studied and shown some promise:
- SARMs
- Myostatin inhibitors
- Leucine
- HMB (leucine metabolite)
- ACE inhibitors
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#EuGMS2018
@EUGMS2018
The British Geriatrics Society will host a hybrid meeting for the Improving
#Continence
in
#OlderPeople
SIG 🖥️🇬🇧 Join them online or in Manchester on 15 September. View all the details and register here ➡️
#BGSConf
@GeriSoc
New sarcopenia criteria were launched last October during the 2018 EuGMS congress in a fantastic lecture by Prof.Alfonso Cruz Jentoft! Which of you have been there? You can get the new sarcopenia criteria for free:
@EuGMSSociety
New EGM article!
Effectiveness of exercise interventions for adults over 65 with moderate-to-severe dementia in community settings: a systematic review
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The EuGMS Community is glad to be together again, in Athens and online. More than ever it's time to foster Geriatric Medicine! So, be active in social media and share EuGMS flashes with your colleagues!
#EuGMS2021
New EGM article!
Prescription and deprescription of medications for older adults receiving palliative care during the last 3 months of life: a single-center retrospective cohort study
@EuGMSSociety
A group of multi-disciplinary experts in Geriatric Emergency Medicine in Europe joined together and prepared 8 posters on the most important topics in Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Know more here:
@drsimonpm
@stephenerlim
@gered_doc
@clinmedjournals