Elderly care
Browse elderly care news, education and analysis by elderly care subsections - dementia; rehabilitation and falls and prescribing for the elderly.
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Comorbidities in older people
Advice on primary prevention and prescribing in older patients with comorbidities,...
Seeing same GP reduces hospital admissions for older patients
Continuity of care in general practice is associated with fewer hospital admissions...
NICE falls advice for GPs highlights pressure on 10-minute consultation
GPs should ask all older patients about falls or fear of falling during routine appointments,...
Vitamin D deficiency
Around 50% of adults have low vitamin D levels. Dr Louise R Newson discusses investigation...
Alzheimer's disease - clinical review
Pitfalls in making a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, The National Dementia Strategy...
Medication reviews in nursing homes
Advice on conducting medication reviews in nursing homes with the aim of improving...
Assessment of older people
The pitfalls of assessing older patients and case studies of good multidisciplinary...
GPs urged to ignore NICE diabetes advice when treating frail elderly
GPs should consider stopping diabetes treatment in frail elderly patients to improve...
GP loneliness scheme cuts fifth of consultations with elderly patients
A programme set up by GPs cut consultations with a group of older patients by a fifth...
Exclusive: Three in four GPs say controversial dementia DES did not benefit patients
Three quarters of GPs say the controversial scheme to pay practices £55 per new dementia...
Thousands of patients' data excluded from NHS dementia target data
NHS England says it is closer to its dementia diagnosis target than Health and Social...
