Our #HospitalAtHome team on BBC South East today. Proud to have been providing hospital level care at home since 2008. Enabling patient choice to be treated at home #HospitalAtHome #VirtualWards Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust UK Hospital at Home Society

Our first in person conference on 7th March 2024 was a great success. Check out the highlights below ⬇️ #HaHConf24 #HospitalAtHome #VirtualWards hospitalathome.org.uk 🎶 Joseph Lasserson

A great video showcasing the highlights of the very first pan-age UK Hospital At Home UK Hospital at Home Society conference Fabulous cinematography from Penny Taylor and fabulous colleagues from across the MDT and UK Claire steel 💙 Shazia Francesca Cleugh Sophie McGlen Graham Ellis

Great to see an update to the Cochrane Review of Admission Avoidance Hospital at Home published in March of this year. Core message? Less institutionalisation, less cost, more acceptability and same clinical outcomes. UK Hospital at Home Society Dan Lasserson cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Johanna Quaas is a 98-year-old gymnast from Germany. She has the Guinness World Record for being the world's oldest active gymnast. She first started competing in gymnastics at the age of 10 and has done it for 9 decades.

Legend 😁

Positive impact of a clinical network and funding on OPAT clinical activity in Scotland - #opat2024 BSAC Graham Ellis Scot Gov Health

📣 calling all those involved in Children’s #HospitalAtHome still time to register for our Webinar tomorrow ⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Zoe Tribble

People across Scotland are being invited to have a say in the Adults with Incapacity Amendment Act Consultation Your views can help to ensure the human rights of people with mental or intellectual disabilities are respected, protected and fulfilled➡️ bit.ly/AWI_Consultati…

Why are we not all referring to them as TEAM DANDY by the way?? #teamdandy

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks—high cholesterol and vision loss, suggests new report from the Lancet Commission on dementia. Find out more ➡️ hubs.li/Q02KbpYf0

Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing - The Lancet Public Health thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Assessing older patients for frailty enables clinicians to tailor clinical care, including decisions about stressful treatments. The authors review the assessment, pathophysiology, and management of frailty. Read the full review: nej.md/3WV9SyV

YAAAAAAYYYYYYY Frailty in Older Adults | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing." - Marcus Aurelius

"Too frequently we hear from relatives who say their loved one always intended to make a Power of Attorney, but never got round to it. We hope this film encourages people to get on and do it, while there is time.” Sandra McDonald on having a PoA in place 👉 buff.ly/3X00dqK

First global Hospital at Home survey in JAGS - most services are new and majority of clinicians are relatively new to the field. A rapidly expanding care model that is developing processes and growing expertise doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19… UK Hospital at Home Society Graham Ellis

Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Gregor Smith's annual report outlines his vision to deliver better value care for patients & the health system The report considers: 🔹the climate emergency & sustainability 🔹tackling health inequalities 🔹careful & kind care ➡️ow.ly/igIt50T2YFb

BGS is delighted to announce that Dr Firdaus Hirji Adenwalla has been awarded the Society’s prestigious Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. He is a Consultant #Geriatrician in the ‘Safe at Home Service’ at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership 🏳️‍🌈 in Wales. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…