Deborah Birch
@poppitbirch
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Consultant Nurse For Frailty for ULHT Programme Lead for MSc Frailty UoL Older People Fellow -Kings College Passionate about the care we give to older people
Joined May 2014
So incredibly proud to see today how much Frailty SDEC / Lancaster Ward are impacting on the hospital journey of our frailty patients. Amazing work everyone!! 🥰👏🏼👏🏼 @FAU_Lancaster @ULHTFabFrailty @Leanne_c_892 @GibbinsDonna @KatyMooney78 @ULHTMedicine @pecolincoln @poppitbirch
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@Shona_Maclean_ @FAU_Lancaster @ULHTFabFrailty @Leanne_c_892 @GibbinsDonna @KatyMooney78 @ULHTMedicine @poppitbirch We are the best team!!
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Take a look at this research paper that one of our fabulous Trainee ACPs @LWphysio contibuted too! What a great achievement and on such an important topic @poppitbirch @ULHT_News
Research paper that I contributed to. Looking at. frailty and malnutrition in care homes #frailty #carehomes
#mna #malnutrition #published
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Those outside Specialized Geriatric Services have great difficulty understanding what specialists in Geriatrics do
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The GERIATRIC 5Ms – the 5 simple words every geriatrician needs to know https://t.co/WRoDmibmWs via @GeriSoc @FrankMolnarCGS
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30% of people aged 65 and over will fall at least once a year. For those aged 80 and over it is 50% #ffresource
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These documents outline approaches to interventions and activities helping prevent falls and fractures to improve health outcomes for older people.
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Our recent @Age_and_Ageing article provides guidance for conducting systematic reviews re: healthcare & older people
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A prospective study of the association between orthostatic hypotension and falls: definition matters
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Dementia is rarely the reason a person is admitted to hospital, but is frequently the cause of them remaining there
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@GeriSoc @RCPLondon Discharge planning: start early, engage family, be clear discharge to admission address unless exceptional circumstances
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@davidceh08 @RCPLondon @GeriSoc Acute Frailty unit can have major positive impact on patient flows. Location less important than function
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@GeriSoc @RCPLondon @delirious_dr don't use a urinary catheter unless it's completely unavoidable. Increases risk of delirium threefold
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'Framing the narrative of #frailty differently will help to promote wellbeing' via @dr_shibley
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See ULHT together for more details or feel free to drop by at work for details... @Pureeejit @mccarthy_ph @ULHT_News
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@Pureeejit @ULHT_News @ULH_RadTherapy @ULHT_Physio @ULH_PHB_OPS 24 miles 🚴🏼 each way commute today. Training has started! Although busted by @MelvinWar2004 for having 🚲 in my office. #ULHTunitethesites
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New WHO guidelines on fall prevention coming out soon says tongue Yong in the Falls festival in Amsterdam
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Feeling fabulous for falls prevention..100% L+S BP compliance for 3 months! Well done all! @poppitbirch @2Grantham
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