Transforming Acute Care for Older People Living with Frailty

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Chair’s Welcome and Introduction: Changing care systems for people with frailty during and beyond the pandemic

Prof Adam Gordon
Professor of the Care of Older People 
University of Nottingham

 

 

• frailty: national update and recommendations from Getting it Right First Time in Geriatrics
• agreeing care standards: the need for a co-ordinated frailty strategy
• developing an effective frailty system
• identifying frailty early through systematic assessment
• effective use of data, leadership within the new structures, clinical quality improvement within hospital trusts and quality improvement at the interface with the community

 

Supporting older people to live well with frailty

 

Dr Lis Boulton
Health and Care Policy Manager
Age UK

 

• frailty as a lived experience – listening to older people
• the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on living with frailty
• working with the voluntary sector to improve experiences

 

Training and educating frontline staff in frailty

Dr Amit Arora 
Consultant Physician/Geriatrician University Hospitals of North Midlands 
Regional Clinical Director ECIST- NHSE/I
Vice-President (Workforce) British Geriatrics Society

 

 

• ensuring all clinicians acquire the knowledge and skills appropriate for safe and competent care of older people with comorbidities and frailty
• frailty scoring and screening
• how do we prevent moderate frailty becoming severe – ensuring a consistent approach to preventing deconditioning
• developing the role of the National Frailty Academy

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