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Read our five recommendations for funders of ageing-related research, based on our landscape report, on the @gerisoc.bsky.social blog: www.bgs.org.uk/five-recomme... #FundingForAgeingWell #AgeingRelatedResearch

I’m recruiting a Qualitative Research Associate to join our TraPCAf team at Newcastle University - full time fixed term until 31.08.26 - further info available at jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... - please share and get in touch with any questions!

Great to see this out and thank you to all the sites participating in BEPOP! Wave 3 data collection nearly ready to start... @newcastleage.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

@donnawakefield.bsky.social any ideas?

Many thanks to contributions from all authors and others who provided valuable feedback on drafts. @amergeriatrics.bsky.social #geriatrics #DEImatters

@oldertrialsprof.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social this aligns with some of the things we were talking about earlier

Do you work in or with care homes? The NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Community Healthcare are collecting perspectives, opinions and ideas about how technology can support and shape the care delivered in care homes. Please take 10 minutes to give your thoughts: forms.office.com/e/4tnrpKhLgy

It’s time to hear about Benchmarking Exercise Prescription in Older People - BEPOP from @susanneka.bsky.social, Dr Alex Cropp, Dr Samantha Hartley and Sarah De Biase. #AddingLifeToYears #AGILEconf25

Incredible scenes from our conference! Thank you all for coming, see you in 2027 😉 #AGILEconf27

Now it’s time for the Academy Excellence Awards. Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters, Chair of Trustees, is in conversation with last year’s winners.

The winner of the Senior Leader Award, Professor Vicki Goodwin MBE from the University of Exeter, receiving her Excellence Award. “If I can see it and believe it, then I can be it.”

An ongoing national project, the Benchmarking Exercise Prescription for Older People (BEPOP) project team are updating us on all things BEPOP in just a few weeks time at our conference. Buy tickets here: tinyurl/com/AgileCon... #AddingLifeToYears #AGILEConf25

We've launched our new report 🎉 Led by @proflizsampson.bsky.social, 'Delirium Matters: priorities and opportunities for health and social care policy in England’ has 5 urgent recommendations to improve delirium care in England. 📕 Full report: shorturl.at/pio7T 📝 Policy brief: shorturl.at/khrCT

Great to see our systematic review of delirium detection tools used in routine care featured in the JAGS Top 10 studies of 2024: www.americangeriatrics.org/publications... Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/jgs.... @agsjournal.bsky.social @amaclullich.bsky.social

Interested in how we can improve resistance exercise training for older people with #sarcopenia or #frailty? Our national BEPOP benchmarking project team will be presenting results from the second wave of data collection at the AGILE conference in May! Sign up here: www.tinyurl.com/AgileConf2025

@newcastleage.bsky.social team at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference - showcasing our work on #sarcopenia intervention selection. Help shape our research on what a good sarcopenia intervention looks like! forms.office.com/e/HN1F1tGGhc

Really interesting talk from Prof Alex Trompeter about new BOAst guidelines on weight bearing. Makes very interesting point that we know weight bearing is so beneficial in hip fractures but why do we so often restrict it in other lower limb fractures? #BGSconf

How do we bridge the workforce gaps in delivering future care for an ageing population, closer to home? @gerisoc.bsky.social Rising star for Research @abijhall.bsky.social tells #BGSconf how #AHPs and support workers are key to delivering this— AHP community #Research 🔑🔑

📻 Podcast! 📻 The Lancet Healthy Longevity in conversation with our very own @oldertrialsprof.bsky.social discussing the findings from our MET-PREVENT #clinicaltrial and the importance of designing clinical trials for #olderpeople @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/multimedia/p...

Our NIHR Newcastle BRC funded MET-PREVENT trial now published - no improvement in physical performance or quality of life with 4 maths of metformin in older people with sarcopenia and frailty (but lots of side effects) @nihr.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Ukraine: Some disparate thoughts on a horrifying day... This is basically a scream of hatred and anguish, which gradually develops into something marginally more positive. I'm going to have a drink. It's not too early. iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...

❗BIG news! 🗞️ Following 2023's success, our national conference is happening in Nottingham on the 16th and 17th May! 🤩 More details to follow... ⭐

There's a @gerisoc.bsky.social social media editor vacancy. Be great opportunity for a dynamic individual. And personally hopeing for some reduced X activity and increased Bluesky activity! www.bgs.org.uk/vacancy-bgs-...

My opinion: Scientists should get paid for thinking time "Thinking time is often undervalued; it is rarely, if ever, quantified in employment practices." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Give us a Christmas gift by completing our national sarcopenia survey - your responses will help keep Santa fit and active in old age bit.ly/4heSey6. @gerisoc.bsky.social @age-and-ageing.bsky.social

Back home after a long day out at the launch event for the cross NIHR collaboration on #MLTC. Fascinating challenges ahead for the research - and care - communities

Looking forward to connecting with colleagues at the RCGP London today as part of the #MLTC cross NIHR collaboration (CNC) launch #multimorbidity

Prof Colin McCowan discussing gaps in methodological knowledge that the cross #NIHR collaboration on #MLTC will address @nihr.bsky.social

Kickoff for our cross- #NIHR collaboration on #MLTC launch event in London - Profs Sayer and Khunti presiding! @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Thanks @gerisoc.bsky.social it’s been a genuine blast. Out with the old in with the new. Much work to do, and @jkdhesi.bsky.social is the woman to lead the team to do it!!! #bgsconf

And that's a wrap on @adamgordon1978.bsky.social's presidency at @gerisoc.bsky.social as he hands the chain of office to @jkdhesi.bsky.social. #BGSconf

Cross-NIHR collaboration on MLTC colleague Peter Hanlon discussing adverse impacts of hospital admission for people with MLTC at #BGSConf. @gerisoc.bsky.social

Chris Whitty highlights that geriatricians can’t prevent frailty. A systematic, concerted public health and policy effort is required #bgsconf

Nearly full house for our #BGSConf Presidents Round, showcasing some of the best abstracts in quickfire 3 min presentations. Well done to all the presenters! @gerisoc.bsky.social

Prof Peter Buckle (NIHR HRC) talking at #BGSConf - diagnostics are just as much about the people and care systems as they are about the tech @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Tim Hicks from NIHR Newcastle HealthTech Research centre discussing unmet needs for care home diagnostics at #BGSConf. Lot of suggestions, but also lots of valuable context on the human side of testing in care homes. @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Prof Gail Hayward at #BGSConf explaining the role of NIHR HealthTech Research Centres - helping develop better diagnostics and health tech for older people. @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Dr Oly Todd - our BGS Rising Star lecturer for 2024. Rehearsing evidence on BP management for older people wirh frailty and his research contribution to this important area @gerisoc.bsky.social

Una Clancy at #BGSConf discussing the wide spectrum of clinical consequences of small vessel disease - delirium, stroke, falls, apathy. Microinfarcts underdiagnosed as a cause for acute deterioration? @gerisoc.bsky.social

UK colleagues involved in caring for older people: Please complete our short NIHR Newcastle BRC survey which aims to describe current UK clinical practice around sarcopenia diagnosis and management; your responses will help us to improve research and practice in this crucial area. bit.ly/4heSey6

All we need is £1 billion...and we could do a lot with remote monitoring, predictive analysis and LLMs! Thanks @gerisoc.bsky.social, fellow pitchers @emmavardy2.bsky.social Atul Anand and dragons @mancunianmedic.bsky.social @geribaby.bsky.social David Attwood for a fun start to #BGSconf!

AI & Large Language Models; Remote Monitoring; Predictive Analysis… Which would you invest in for NHS if you had £1 billion? At our British Geriatrics Society / Royal College of Physicians DRAGON’S DEN all 3 were winners Thanks @mancunianmedic.Bsky.social & our other dragons #BGSconf

Pitching for remote monitoring in @gerisoc.bsky.social dragons den! Great to have some evidence base to refer to @arc-gm.bsky.social but important gaps for high tech models @danlasserson.bsky.social @ukhahsoc.bsky.social

The Dragons (and the audience) have decided! Everyone's a winner, but large language models get the most... @gerisoc.bsky.social

And we are off... @gerisoc.bsky.social

The money is here for our @gerisoc.bsky.social Dragons to disburse to the winner of our AI and healthtech Dragons Den event today...

BGS conference going to be popular by the look of the queue for registration!