Our new World Psychiatry Meta-Review on “Lifestyle Psychiatry” examines physical activity, smoking, diet and sleep in onset+outcomes of mental illness More attention to health environments/behaviour is needed in primary prevention & mental healthcare! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…

Son, B.K., Imoto, T., Inoue, T. et al. Social Detachment Influenced Muscle Mass and Strength during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Women. J Frailty Aging 11, 231–235 (2022). doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2…

We know that sometimes the motivation to get moving can be a struggle but remember that getting active can be a great mood lifter too! Here are 4 ways to get moving that'll boost your mood 🙌 Click save on this post for a spark of inspiration whenever you need it 👇

Screening/diagnostic approach for sarcopenia & potential interventions: >inflammatory 👉🏾address underlying chronic condition/s >nutritional 👉🏾consider supplements >metabolic 👉🏾check testosterone >atrophic 👉🏾exercise protocol #sarcopenia #ageing #muscle ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Our fourth #AHPAppreciationAwards category shortlist is AHP Leadership. Congratulations to Alice Kilby, Ian English & Louisa Johnson, and Lyndsay Beck who all received outstanding nominations 👏🏻🎉

Did you know we have a free book on looking after people with cognitive impairment? Just follow this link :) buff.ly/3Ps5KPQ

WE NEED YOUR SUBMISSIONS! We welcome a range of manuscripts including research articles, commentaries, case reports, reviews, and study protocols in all aspects of health and healthcare of older people. #AGILITY

Join us for our update on the World Falls Guidelines and Reconditioning inpatients followed by the AGILE AGM. #Falls #AGILE

📢 New BGS statement. We've published a statement responding to the paper by Street et al in the BMJ about the impact of the Acute Frailty Network. We explain why we think this paper means we need to focus on older people's care more than ever. 👇 bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

New cohort study of older adults, shows significant antidepressant 😁benefits of #physicalactivity. Greater #exercise doses 🏃🏽‍♀️were associated with less #depression symptoms. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions Read more: bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/8/4…… #PhysicalActivity

Strength loss with ageing is muscle group-specific. Loss of strength is greatest in: - Lower-body vs. upper-body muscles pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1938738/ - Stabilisers vs. prime movers (e.g., hip abductors/adductors vs. knee extensors) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30845168/ Targeting strength

Decline in muscle size (%/yr) over ∼50 yr of ageing👇 ▶️psoas -0.58% ▶️quadriceps −0.53% ▶️paraspinals -0.47% ▶️elbow extensors −0.39% ▶️hamstrings −0.39% ▶️elbow flexors −0.38% ▶️triceps surae −0.28% ▶️hip adductors −0.27% ▶️dorsiflexors -0.19% journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

A great infographic of key components of Skeletal Muscle and how the whole thing works👇 #skeletal #muscle #physiology #mitochondria #anatomy #humanbody Credit: Eleanor Lutz

BGS President Adam Gordon MBE comments on new research: "Doctors and patients are often nervous to stop #bloodpressure medications because they’re worried about what might go wrong. They can now use these results to make decisions about what to do with greater confidence."

Fascinating article highlighting the lower incidence of falls in patients placed by a window, a seemingly simple but effective intervention to reduce falls-related harm …ciencedirect-com.salford.idm.oclc.org/science/articl… HT AGILE Adam Gordon MBE British Geriatrics Society Amit Arora Deirdre Lang #EndPJpararlysis

Muscle mass is important. But muscle function is arguably more important. Particularly when it comes to maintaining our physical independence for longer. This study found older adults who had low muscle function (assessed via sit-to-stand test) alone were at a much greater

“May the Force (and Size) Be with You”: Muscle Mass and Function Are Important Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline and Dementia… link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Please have a look at the replies to this. A beautiful thread that includes a Yiddish translation.

Poetry Please Please look at the replies to this. The power of poetry in motion....