3 solutions to the emergency care crisis from BGS President Adam Gordon MBE: 1. Shift in attitudes - half of patients have frailty. 2. Front door frailty. 3. Investment in rehabilitation. Until we fix rehab, the revolving door will continue. Royal College of Emergency Medicine

We are on the edge of a demographic cliff. For the first time in human history there are more people aged over 65 years than there are aged less than 5 years. Managing this requires a complete redesign of the healthcare system and we need to get ready! #…lnkd.in/gHN9VBur

Please tune in for this presentation by my wonderful colleagues David Ward & Emily Gordon, led by our wonderful mentor Prof Ruth E Hubbard. A great presentation to be sure!

Hi all. If you’re a student or ECA with an interest in frailty, please complete the survey below. Your feedback is much appreciated. #frailtyresearch #AusFN #education

Totally agree!

Tune in to this very interesting talk!

We are inviting submissions to #BMCPrimCare's Frailty in Primary Care collection. Check out our guest editorial looking at the challenges, innovations and future directions in frailty research and clinical practice. bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… BMC Series Australian Frailty Network

This figure is staggering! A lot higher than I expected before we started this study.

Physical activity is #medicine ! 🏋️‍♀️🏃‍♂️ New review shows exercise improves health across diseases in older adults. Let's get moving! 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️ #ExerciseIsMedicine Key points: Exercise treats conditions like #dementia #frailty #sarcopenia where drugs often fail or cause harm. 💊❌ Must

Was great to talk with #Insightplus about our latest article on hospital utilisation trends, published in the MJA. Thank you Len Gray , Stephen Duckett and Thakeru Gamage for being wonderful co-authors and mentors. Read more 👇 UQ Centre for Health Services Research Health at UQ Australian Frailty Network

We are excited to announce our next event - a Masterclass on Implementation Science from Adrienne Young AdvAPD . If you're keen to join our peer community (everyone welcome ++) please contact us here or at [email protected]

Such a pleasure talking about our latest paper on hospital utilisation trends. We have to act now to implement innovative solutions to the hospital crisis. UQ Centre for Health Services Research UQ Medicine Len Gray

Older people are everyone's business. It behoves all those working in healthcare (with exception of midwifery/children's to complete the National Frailty Education Programme to understand the fundamentals of frailty (that includes managers, porters, doctors, volunteers) 👇

Australia’s biggest master-planned community could become one of our healthiest. #UQ and @SpringfieldQLD have joined forces to drive local research through the new Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, led by Lauren Ball More info: bit.ly/48gPITJ

You are invited to the next webinar of the Global Frailty Network Frailty Seminar Series. Dr. Anne Henry will present "Integrated Care for Frailty." Please REGISTER at mhs.webex.com/weblink/regist…

WHAT is in this toolkit? ✅Educating & Encouraging – communicating WHY physical activity is important ✅Engaging & Supporting – ensuring physical activity programmes and services meet the NEEDS of older people ✅Enabling Every Day – ensuring that ENVIRONMENTS where older

ANZSGM president and our CERA Concord RG Hospital Co-Director Prof Vasi giving an inspiring talk on Sydney Local Health District STRONG clinic

I am so looking forward to this presentation!

⏰If you are planning to apply for the Frailty-ADD CRE Seed Grant Scheme, a reminder that submissions close Friday 12 January 2024, 17:00 AEST. Australian Frailty Network