Nicely done study by my colleague Pedro Curiati and others out of São Paulo- if an older patient needs assistance with ambulatory, give them a walker and training! Walking Aids and Locomotion Training in the Emergency Department url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🚨 Undiagnosed Dementia in Hospitals 🚨 Our study validates the informant-based Clinical Dementia Rating to detect preexisting #dementia and cognitive impairment when patients are too sick to assess. A step forward to safer acute & dementia care: agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Severe #COVID19 survivors frequently face physical or cognitive issues, but these rarely overlap. Half still reported problems at 12 months. Findings show the need for comprehensive, tailored post-ICU rehab. @maliberti.bsky.social @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147062/

Some lovely reflections from a Brazilian geriatrician who visited us as part of @acha020.bsky.social Thanks to colleagues at Whipps Cross Hospital for providing her with such an excellent experience! acha.qmul.ac.uk/research/les...

Pragmatic Trial of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in primary care doubled ACP rates BUT surprisingly increased burdensome interventions. We unpack this paradox with Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, & Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson. bit.ly/GeriPalEp349 - hosted by Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera

🚨 Editorial @agsjournal.bsky.social explores the evidence and the urgent need for advancing frailty-informed care 📖 Read more doi.org/10.1111/jgs.... 📝 Based on insightful clinical investigation doi.org/10.1111/jgs.... #CHANGE #Geriatrics @amergeriatrics.bsky.social @geritjas.bsky.social

Great few days at with our wonderful colleagues from #brazil, discussing inequalities in intrinsic capacity & ageing. Thanks @acmedsci.bsky.social for funding us. Keep an eye out for the outputs @claudiasuemoto.bsky.social @kingstonandrew.bsky.social @laissbertola.bsky.social @maliberti.bsky.social