‼️Calling all patient and public involvement (PPI) professionals! And public contributors. 📽️We've just brought a bunch of our videos about key #PPI skills together in one place. 🆕Includes a brand new recording of a workshop all about facilitating PPI meetings! arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/ppi-training...

www.bgs.org.uk/WDNovel About to start! Join now to avoid disappointment!

🔬 The latest Alzheimer’s drug pipeline shows progress: more trials, more targets, and a major rise in Phase 1 activity. Biomarkers are central to the effort. #Alzheimers #ClinicalTrials #dementia www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/2025-alzheim...

www.linkedin.com/posts/eugms_... Join us for a great Webinar - Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease with Dr Adam Dyer! Starts in 10mins!

www.linkedin.com/posts/eugms_... Join us for a great Webinar - Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease with Dr Adam Dyer! Starts in 10mins!

@tomas-welsh.bsky.social 🔬

Could you volunteer to advance dementia research?

It was our best #WDAD2025 in Greater Manchester yet. 100 delegates. 30 on waiting list. New learning and connections. International visitors. Lived experience of delirium. I gained so much. Going all in for delirium (thanks @amaclullich.bsky.social). We have come so far, more to do.

At our event in GM only a couple of colleagues from memory clinics. Information on delirium should helpfully be part of post diagnostic support for people with dementia.

#Delirium is very common in people who are the end of life. Yet it is still underdiagnosed, and unfortunately this often means unnecessary distress for patients and their families. Guidance for professionals: www.mariecurie.org.uk/professional... #WDAD2025

We have taken over 1,300 people through our Polypharmacy Action Learning Sets. Through this work, we recognised the need to support NHS organisations to develop systems and services to address problematic polypharmacy and overprescribing. We hope this helps. 😊 @stevechemist.bsky.social 👏👏

What is the VIVO Hub?

Excited to be at the VIVO Hub launch!

As the second World Lewy Body Day draws to a close for us in the UK, we are handing over to our sister organisations around the world. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and amplified our message: www.change.org/p/sign-the-l... #WorldLewyBodyDay #LewyList #Lewybodydementia #Dementia

🚨Attention to anyone that follows me that works in a hospital 🚨 We are running a survey for one of our upcoming papers on how increasing frailty & long term conditions change how care is delivered in hospitals. Please take 5 minutes to complete & share! More detail below

The NIHR Healthtech Research Centre in Brain Health and IoPPN are offering a new PhD studentship to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ultra-low-field MRI in assessing brain changes in dementia patients. #Neuroscience #Psychology Apply before 31 Jan: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

Funded PhD position within the @alzsocresearch.bsky.social Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network at University of Southampton working to develop a novel experimental model of Dementia with Lewy bodies for testing therapeutic interventions. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-nove...

JOB ALERT FOR NEUROLOGY TRAINEES. On www.oriel.nhs.uk now. Academic Clinical Lecturer post in Dementia & Neurodegeneration @imperialbrains.bsky.social. Research can cover any aspect of the above. Please repost and feel free to contact me if interested (am at ABN SIG meeting today).

Funded PhD Position at University of Exeter and NIHR Healthtech Research Centre (HRCs) for Brain Health: Using APOE-associated AD Resilience to Identify Potential Biomarkers. Closing date: 21st February www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-apoe...

Scientist exposes secret behind ‘longevity diet’ myth: pension fraud www.thetimes.com/article/db9f...

Really enjoying this!

40% of ED attendances are over 65yrs. Average wait for admission in>75yrs =12 hours. 10% attendances from care homes. Waiting is especially bad for older -risk of delirium, deconditioning, acute kidney injury/LOS. But much could be done to avoid these probs @gerisoc.bsky.social @rcem.bsky.social

‼️ 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 #𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 ➡️ 2/3 prevalent vs 1/3 incident ➡️ Prevalent may have worse outcomes than incident 🧠 Implications: 🔸 Front-door detection is crucial 🔸 Not enough emphasis on #deliriumtreatment 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29966197/

Researchers interested in ageing! The BGS/ Dunhill PhD fellowship now open for applications - deadline 14 March 2025: dunhillmedical.org.uk/apply-for-fu... @gerisoc.bsky.social

It’s the run up to the holidays so time to resurrect #MethodologyMonday #19. Published c1906 in Nature by the statistician Francis Galton, here is the scientific way to cut your Christmas cake 🎂🎄🔪😊 Enjoy! galton.org/essays/1900-...

Important to make sure older surgical patients are aware of the risk of cognitive decline prior to surgery. Shared decision making is vital

Hi everyone! We're Bristol Health Partners - the Academic Health Science Centre for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We're passionate about #evidence, #improvement and #equity in health and care. If you are too, please follow us for news about our work, events and more.

Stop by our beautiful chalet today at Bath Christmas Market! Get bespoke, hand-made crafts, gifts and stocking fillers - all proceeds go towards getting ahead of dementia!

We had a COBALT Trial investigators’ meeting this morning, too. At that phase in the trial where every single participant recruited is important for our ability to answer the question whether adding memantine to a cholinesterase inhibitor has value in DLB and PDD.

Great to see good friends supported on a mission!

Want to keep up to date with how we are tackling ageism? You can sign up to our newsletter now!: ageing-better.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #AgeingBetter #Ageism #Ageing #Newsletter #AgeingInEngland

Geriatricians of BlueSky. Can anyone help? Does anyone know the name of a Geriatrician who works at Rutland (Oakham) Community Hospital in Leicestershire? Feel free to reply or DM. Thank-you.

Good read on the benefits of volunteering alongside people with dementia. And love the positive photo ❤️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Very excited to see our Doctoral Training Centre open for applications for 6 PhD students starting next October. Lots of amazing projects to pick from including hospital at home, integrated health & social care, Parkinson’s #dementia, diagnostic inequalities. Do reach out to the named supervisors.

Dr George Stothart and Prof Liz Coulthard are seeking a Research Assistant to work across multiple research projects at the University of Bath, including Fastball EEG Biomarker for #dementia. Closing date: 18th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Thank you @gerisoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak at #BGSconf - would be great if as many BGS members as possible feed into the consultation for the new 10 year plan that is in development here 👉 change.nhs.uk/en-GB/

@rosespenfold.bsky.social describing dementia diagnosis in acute hospital setting and sharing in primary care1:4. Often older living with more frailty and lower socioeconomic- receiving poorer community interventions @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSconf

@gerisoc.bsky.social members please note! @rosespenfold.bsky.social @amaclullich.bsky.social @oldertrialsprof.bsky.social @adamgordon1978.bsky.social

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

Higher frailty associated with higher odds of dementia especially in people with low Alz pathology..Ken Rockwood #BGSconf @gerisoc.bsky.social #frailty #dementia

Alz and Dementia starter pack so we can all follow each other! Please reply here if you would like to be added! 🧠 go.bsky.app/91HPwva #ENDAlz #Alzheimers #Dementia