Being able to stay healthy in later life is a crucial issue for all of us. We are improving care and supporting older people to look after their own health.
Advances in health care have helped people to live longer than ever before which creates new challenges for the NHS.
Access information and support for practitioners on supporting routine frailty identification and frailty through the GP Contract 2017/2018.
We are working to support older people to look after their own health, particularly people with multiple long term conditions, including frailty.
Common underlying risk factors increase demands on services. By taking a whole system approach to interventions, we can make every contact count.
Dr Amit Arora is a consultant geriatrician in the North Midlands. In this blog, he discusses promoting movement among our older generation so they can remain active, independent and mobile. This not only improves outcomes, but can also prevent falls and long stays in hospital, with better mental health and wellbeing for both our older patients […]