Free collection of papers for the BGS Autumn 2020 conference

Age and Ageing is the journal of the British Geriatrics Society, which also produces two scientific conferences every year to provide a forum for geriatricians and other professionals associated with older people's health care. Programmes cover a wide range of cutting edge research presentations and clinical updates in areas affecting older people's care. The invited guest speakers are specifically chosen for their expertise in these topics.

This collection of Age and Ageing papers has been selected to complement the programme of the 2020 autumn conference which will be delivered virtually on 25-27th November. We hope delegates and those following the conference with #BGSconf will enjoy some further reading.

The Collection

Community geriatric medicine

Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes

Do home modifications reduce care home admissions for older people? A matched control evaluation of the Care & Repair Cymru service in Wales

Frailty and sarcopenia with oncoGeriatrics

New horizons in radiotherapy for older people

Ageing well with good oral health

Prevalence and associations of orofacial pain and oral health factors in nursing home residents with and without dementia

Big Data Workshop

The impact of frailty on healthcare resource use: a longitudinal analysis using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in England

Nurses and AHPs

Understanding and improving multidisciplinary team working in geriatric medicine

End of life care

Understanding which people with dementia are at risk of inappropriate care and avoidable transitions to hospital near the end-of-life: a retrospective cohort study

Fitness to drive

Driving in Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective study of driving and mobility assessments

COVID-19

Virtual geriatric clinics and the COVID-19 catalyst: a rapid review

COVID-19 outbreak: organisation of a geriatric assessment and coordination unit. A French example

Supporting education in developing countries

Moving more, ageing happy: findings from six low- and middle-income countries

AGILE

The COVID-19 rehabilitation pandemic

Changes in muscle strength and physical function in older patients during and after hospitalisation: a prospective repeated-measures cohort study 

How to CGA in non geriatric medicine services

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the perioperative setting; where next?

Workforce

Burnout in UK care home staff and its effect on staff turnover: MARQUE English national care home longitudinal survey 

Dementia and related disorders SIG

Mild cognitive impairment: the Manchester consensus

Teaching and Training Simulations

Massive Open Online Courses: enhancing caregiver education and support about dementia care towards and at end of life

Learning from complaints

Understanding and identifying ways to improve hospital-based cancer care and treatment for people with dementia: an ethnographic study

Biology of ageing: bladder and bowel systems

Phenotyping nocturnal polyuria: circadian and age-related variations in diuresis rate, free water clearance and sodium clearance

Perioperative care of older people

Where are we now in perioperative medicine? Results from a repeated UK survey of geriatric medicine delivered services for older people

Digital health enablers

Use of a digital delirium pathway and quality improvement to improve delirium detection in the emergency department and outcomes in an acute hospital

Anaemia

New horizons in iron deficiency anaemia in older adults

GI and nutrition

FORWARD (Feeding via the Oral Route With Acknowledged Risk of Deterioration): evaluation of a novel tool to support patients eating and drinking at risk of aspiration