Upcoming nursing conference puts spotlight on geriatric care/#palliative care ow.ly/ulWLG #hpm

Setting Goals to Handle Rising Numbers of Geriatric Cancer Cases | Quality Care Symposium quality.asco.org/setting-goals-…

"Working as a geriatrician is fun"! britishgeriatricssociety.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/wri… |The Secret Life of a Geriatrician| Desmond (Des) O'Neill - Writing, music & #geriatrics

CI: 2% of future consultant & GP workforce will have geriatric training to serve 85+ population of 1.8million - time to wake up #kfworkforce

5 Year Forwards View: recommends specialists working in the community. Read how geriatrician Eileen Burns does it kingsfund.org.uk/publications/s…

The age/mortality risk curve for breast cancer. No difference in overall mortality. #SIOG2014

"Geriatricians focus on patients, not diseases" Alfonzo Cruz Jentoft. #SIOG2014 Nurses share this focus. Shared focus= start of great teams

If a patient has fallen in past 6 months, study shows 100% post operative complication rate. Asking about falls can be a simple assessment

The role of the interdisciplinary team. #SIOG2014

Powerful consideration from Dr. Gosney. #siog2014

The COCOC team members to care for older adults with cancer in the UK. #SIOG2014

Gosney - Doctors are important to #gerionc care, but TEAM is more important. #SIOG2014

ecancertv films top oncology experts discuss advances in CLL at #SIOG in Lisbon: video coming soon!

Welcome next SIOG President, Dr. Etienne Brain! #siog2014

"Aging in place: Does a loved one need a geriatric assessment?" feedly.com/e/X1_0eVkD

The SIOG Nursing and Allied Health Award presentations were outstanding. Congratulations to Heidi Yulico, Ginah Nightingale, and Cindy Kenis

Biomarkers of frailty. #SIOG2014

Exciting finding of association of IL-6 with clinical frailty in older adults with breast #cancer. #SIOG2014

Congratulations to Dr. Martine Extermann, Paul Calabresi Award winner. #SIOG2014

Congratulations to Cindy Kenis on winning the first SIOG Nursing and Allied Health Award. #Amgen. #siog2014