LeedsFrailtyEducation
@LeedsFrailtyEd
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A frailty education programme set up by @sean9n for professionals who aren’t (yet) specialists in frailty. https://t.co/SwhPDkTnwV
Joined April 2023
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY! Come and help us work on frailty strategy @LeedsHospitals We’ve done a lot of great work on delirium. Let’s use those lesson work to further spread frailty friendly care across the hospital https://t.co/WsUlIEsNfu
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Back once again at the Thackray with a combined audience of 160 in person and online. Great discussions so far!
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No spaces in person but online is unlimited! And next in person course on March
Our next course is next month! Leeds Frailty Education. 12 CPD points. £80. 14th and 15th October. https://t.co/Es3x1DWm57. Thanks to @PAealish for the video!
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Great to be teaching frailty teams in York yesterda.
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Our next course is next month! Leeds Frailty Education. 12 CPD points. £80. 14th and 15th October. https://t.co/Es3x1DWm57. Thanks to @PAealish for the video!
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New @BJGPjournal editorial to improve understanding of the eFI2 tool for routine frailty identification & management in primary care https://t.co/9MHlWYxxG2 Original @Age_and_Ageing eFI2 paper available here https://t.co/wseo0NV20d
@GeriSoc @NIHR_ARC_YH @arc_nt @NHSEnglandCHS
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The term ‘frailty’ describes a condition characterised by loss of reserves causing vulnerability to a range of adverse outcomes after relatively minor illnesses.1 It has a reported prevalence of...
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“The nurse who explained every procedure was the only ‘good guy’ in my #delirium story.” -- Delirium survivor Be that nurse. Be that doctor. Be that therapist.
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Announcing: the BGS Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) Hub! A clear, concise, evidence-based set of resources, freely available to all who need them on our website. Dive in today! https://t.co/UWyhFNkJV2
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🧠🏥 Diagnostic Pathway for Suspected Dementia on Acute Hospital Wards From the Irish Health Service Executive
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72 hours to get people/keep people moving or their outcomes drastically deteriorate
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It turns out that amyloid plaques might not be the gold standard for diagnosing dementia. At low stages of frailty you are less likely to express dementia with the same burden of plaques than people with higher levels of frailty. (top line is high frailty)
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Frailty indices don’t work as well in younger people. But over 75 you see a heterogeneity of risk that is defined by their degree of frailty.
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75 is the age (on average) at which people start to develop so many problems that treating one thing will often be unsuccessful.
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Dr Sutton always gets respect from the audience.
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New NICE guidance for falls released in April 2025.
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Caring for older people with frailty can be a burden but there is often a lot of love involved. “A privilege” said one person
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