Register today for our self-paced #Frailty eLearning course FREE to all healthcare professionals. Course includes 'Identifying frailty', Understanding and communicating frailty', 'Building systems fit for frailty' and 'Managing those living with frailty' bgs.org.uk/2023F-IF

For years, a huge village of us have beavered away and this Alberta, Canada study (n=32,884) shows the +ve impact of #EndPJparalysis 💙
LOS ⏬1.8 days
Falls ⏬ 2.2 events - suggests inpt ambulation can be done safely & effectively
Disch to own home ⏫
doi.org/10.1080/096382…

'World #Delirium Day is an excellent opportunity for us to take stock and see how our understanding of delirium has progressed to date but also to do our bit to raise awareness and understanding of this condition outside of healthcare settings.' bgs.org.uk/blog/world-del…

Today is World Delirium Awareness Day!
Many of our patients will be suffering from delirium, but it is often missed and can lead to falls.
Have you noticed a change in your patients? #ThinkDelirium and complete a 4AT assessment. #WDAD2024 #ThinkFalls

Last week we hosted our second #DigitalDropIn on Leslie Smith ward. The team included: IT, Smartcard Manager, Digital Nurse, Digital Innovation Lead, Falls Lead and remote support from Digital Pharmacist. We helped with slow WOWs, access issues, digital clinical questions 1/2

Register now for the NHFD's first webinar of the year! Don't miss our talks on hip fracture, delirium, and delirium screening with guest speaker Alasdair MacLullich and NHFD leads Antony Johansen and Will Eardley
Register:
bit.ly/3OdlBE4

Osteoporosis Canada has a new one pager summarizing the exercise guidelines, for patients and clinicians. Sneak peak below, download the full thing here: osteostrategy.on.ca/wp-content/upl…

Great game of football today👏🏻
#proud of my son 🤩💙💛

Work with older people at risk of falling? Screen for BPPV. Rebecca Smith Barry Seemungal 🇬🇧 🇹🇹

academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

As part of Stop the Pressure week 13-17 November Steven Tsang there are local events and also lots on Society of Tissue Viability

The Bone Basics series provides concise info about topics related to #osteoporosis & bone loss including:
🦴 Bone Basics Overview
❓ Who Gets Osteoporosis?
💊 Medications
🩻 Vertebral Fractures
💪🏽 Exercise
🚶‍♀️ Moving Safely
🔗 Find the series (& more) here: bonehealthandosteoporosis.org/patients/bhof-…

🎃👻💀 Spooky halloween infographic from British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) Katherine Brooke-Wavell me and Karen Barker Emma Clark AGILE Zoe Paskins Jon Tobias Kate Ward SarahLeyland Royal Osteoporosis Society for professionals Strong, Steady & Straight blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2023/10/3…

Sussex physio team slashes waiting list with one-day events

The team experimented with new ways of working to roll out a new model of care to help patients get the treatment they need more quickly.

csp.org.uk/news/2023-10-1…

Brilliant talk today from the B&H Fracture Prevention service at the Sussex Community NHS East Quality Showcase. Raising awareness about #FRAX assessment and the #BetterBonesCampaign .

Check your risk for osteoporosis using the theros.org.uk/risk-checker/

Did you know that on average, patients spend >95% of a 24 hour period in bed while in hospital?

I wonder, how much of that depends on patient choice & how much of that depends on instructions from the staff looking after them?
#Deconditioning #Frailty #OlderPeople AGILE

HAPPY #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons to all our wonderful members, supporters and followers!

Sirpa Hartikainen reminds us about deprescribing falls risk inducing drugs (FRIDs) is hard work, best not give them in the first place! British Geriatrics Society #bgsconf #WFG BRAIN GAIT Nathalie van der Velde Tash Masud

1 in 2 people who fall have vestibular dysfunction Dean Metz Vicky Johnston AGILE physiotalk should be a staple falls risk assessment #worldfallsguidelines #bgsconf

Falls are the most common cause of emergency hospital admission and 1 in 2 of those over 80 years fall at least once per year. People may lose confidence and independence afterwards.

Read the FinCH research: evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/falls-pr…
#FallsAwarenessWeek #ThinkFalls #ActionOnFalls

So excited to start the digital innovators programme today. There is so much potential for digital solutions in falls and fracture prevention. I can’t wait to explore 😊
#ThinkFalls #FallsPreventionAwarenessWeek #DigitalHealth