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British GeriatricsSociety
Final Programme
Belfast Waterfront, Northern Ireland17 - 19 April 2013
An international multi-disciplinaryconference covering a wide range of
topics relevant to medical doctors andhealth care professionals concerned with
the care of older people
2013 Spring Scientific Meeting
The BGS Academic and Research Committee, the BGS Events Committee and the BritishGeriatrics Society acknowledges with grateful thanks, the support given through sponsorship,
exhibition, participation and promotion from major sponsors and exhibitors.
A full list of major sponsors and exhibitors can be found on pages 15 and 16.
BGS Office Bearers
BGS Meetings Secretariat
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Office Bearers
President Professor Paul KnightPresident Elect Professor David OliverHonorary Secretary Dr Zoe WyrkoHonorary Deputy Secretary Dr Adam GordonHonorary Meetings Secretary Dr Nigel StoutHonorary Deputy Meetings Secretary Dr Nigel PageHonorary Treasurer Dr Michael VassalloHonorary Deputy Treasurer Dr Juanita Pascual
Vice President for Academic Affairs Professor Gordon WilcockVice President for Clinical Quality Dr Gill Turner
Chief Executive Mr Alex Mair
General Meetings Managementand Sponsorship Management
Mr Geraint CollingridgeBritish Geriatrics SocietyMarjory Warren House31 St John’s SquareLondon EC1M 4DNUnited Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)20 7608 1369Fax: +44(0)20 7608 1041Email: conferences@bgs.org.ukWebsite: www.bgs.org.uk
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On behalf of the President of the BGS and the 2013 Spring Meeting OrganisingCommittee, I would like to extend a warm invitation to our 2013 Spring Meeting inBelfast. A combination of local, national and international experts will deliver an
interesting and varied scientific programme. The Northern Ireland Minister for Health will join us forthe conference dinner, which will be preceded by a Guest lecture from Robert Francis QC, author of the newlyreleased Francis report.
We begin the conference on Wednesday afternoon, highlighting exciting developments within the expandingareas of nursing home medicine, psychiatry liaison and orthogeriatric medicine. There will also be a thought-provoking analysis of medicolegal aspects of geriatric medical practice as well as a timely update on appraisaland revalidation.
Thursday morning's programme includes sessions on stroke, with a not-to-be-missed summary covering theprevention and management of the thrombo-embolic complications of atrial fibrillation, followed by a presentationon the hot topic of imaging and radiological intervention in the acute stroke setting. An important session on painmanagement will be followed by a review of driving matters in the elderly, and then a lively guide to making themost of our later years, including an acknowledgement of the important societal value of older people.
The three Thursday parallel sessions, cognition, telehealth (including a talk on how smart phones can get us inand out of trouble!) and health services research provide a choice of presentations. Talks on the state of, andexpectations within, medical student education and a session on renal medicine in the elderly then follow. TheDementia and Similar Disorders special interest group have organised a useful session on “Dementia in theGeneral Hospital”.
Friday provides presentations on the very latest updates in blood dyscrasia, dietary strategies and chronicdisease prevention, and a session from the recently formed Perioperative care of Older People undergoingSurgery (POPS) special interest group.
Three parallel sessions (showcasing acclaimed Irish research activity as well as an overview of a key differentialof diarrhoea in older patients) are followed by the Majory Warren lecture which will be delivered by Professor PeterLanghorne. The scientific programme concludes with a focus on the critically ill older person - including a sessionon how to get your older patient in and out of intensive care. There will then be an interactive opportunity tocontribute feedback to develop future BGS meetings.
Hope to see many of you in Belfast in April 2013.
Dr Rosemary KellyChairman
Index
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Programme Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-8
Ancillary Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Poster Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-14
Sponsors/Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Dates for the Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
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VenueThe BGS Spring Meeting is being held at Belfast Waterfront, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, BT1 3WH
The following contact number will be in operation during the meeting only. Registration Desk Tel No. + 44 7885477674.
Name BadgesWe advise delegates that for security reasons, name badges must be worn at all times. Name badges serve as theadmission pass to all scientific sessions and exhibition. Any delegates without a badge will not be admitted and willbe re-directed to registration.
AccommodationIf you have any problems with your booking or would like to book accommodation please contact BelfastConvention Centre.
Email : conferencebook@belfastvisitor.com
Web: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/BGS2013
TitanicA ticketed drinks reception is being held at Titanic on Wednesday 17th April. Coaches departs from The Waterfrontmain entrance at 5.45 pm and the Drinks Reception commences at 6.30 pm. Tickets cost £10 and must bepurchased beforehand
Conference DinnerThe Conference Dinner is being held at Belfast City Hall on Thursday 18th April. The evening starts with a drinksreception at 7.45 pm followed by welcome address and dinner at 8.30 pm.
CPD AccreditationThe meeting will be accredited for CPD. To claim CPD points you are required to sign the attendance register whichis located in the registration main foyer. Certificates of attendance will be distributed from 15.00 hrs on Friday 19thApril or on the day for those delegates attending one day only. Please note that sponsored symposia will onlyreceive CPD accreditation if applied for by the sponsor.
The meeting has the following CME accreditation:
Wednesday, 17th April 2013 : Approval Code: 80152 Credits: 3Thursday, 18th April 2013 : Approval Code: 80153 Credits: 6Friday, 19th April 2013 : Approval Code: 80154 Credits: 6
Internet CaféAn internet café will be available to delegates in the VIP Suite, at the end of Bar 1.
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Wednesday, 17th April 2013
13.30-14.00 Registration, tea and coffee
14.00-15.30Session A: Nursing Home Medicine and Geriatric Liaison
Studio
15.30-16.00 Tea and Coffee
16.00-17.30 Session B: Governance and Risk ManagementStudio
17.45-18.00 Coaches leave to drinks reception
18.30-LateDrinks Reception
The Titanic, Belfast
20.30-22.00Buffet Dinner
The Titanic, Belfast
Thursday, 18th April 2013
07.00 REGISTRATION opens
09.00-09.20 Presidential Welcome and Address by Northern Ireland Minister for Health09.20-09.30 Autumn Meeting Preview
Main Auditorium
09.30-10.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS C,D & E
Session CCerebrovascular Disease
Main Auditorium
Session DPain Management: A Clinical Update
Studio
Session EDriving, Employment and Older People
Green Room
10.30-11.45 COFFEE, POSTER VIEWING, POSTER ASSESSMENT AND EXHIBITION
11.45-13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS F, G & H
Session FDementia and Similar Disorders SIG
Main Auditorium
Session GTelecare and Telehealth SIG
Studio
Session HHealth Service Research
Green Room
13.00-14.00 Lunch, Poster Viewing and Exhibition
14.00-15.15 PARALLEL SESSION I & J
Session IClinical Update - Renal Disease
Main Auditorium
Session JDementia in General Hospital
Studio
15.15-15.45 Tea, Poster Viewing and Exhibition
15.45-17.00 PARALLEL SESSION J (CONTINUED) & K
Session KMedical Education
Main Auditorium
Session JDementia SIG
Studio
17.00-17.45 GUEST LECTURE: THE FRANCIS REPORTMain Auditorium
18.00-19.00 PARALLEL SPONSORED SYMPOSIA
Symposium ABI
Main Auditorium
Symposium BTeva/Lundbeck
Studio
19.45-late CONFERENCE DINNERBelfast City Hall
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Friday, 19th April 2013
08.00 REGISTRATION opens
09.00-10.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS L,M & N
Session LBlood Dyscrasias
Main Auditorium
Session MDietary Strategies and Chronic DiseasePrevention
Green Room
Session NPOPS SIG
Studio
10.30-11.00 COFFEE, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
11.00-12.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS O,P & Q
Session OIrish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Main Auditorium
Session PGastroenterology SIG
Studio
Session QCentre for Age RElated Research inIreland
Green Room
12.10-13.00 MARJORY WARREN GUEST LECTUREProfessor Langhorne of Stroke Care, University of Glasgow
Main Auditorium
13.00-14.00 LUNCH, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
14.00-15.00 SESSION RThe Critically Ill Older Patient
Main Auditorium
15.00-16.00 SESSION SFeedback
Main Auditorium
16.00-16.30 TEA, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITIONCLOSE OF MEETING
Wednesday, 17th April 4
13.30-14.00 REGISTRATION, TEA AND COFFEE
SESSION A NURSING HOME MEDICINE AND GERIATRIC LIAISON
Chair: Dr Dominic Hart Co-Chair: Dr Cathy Patterson
Location: Studio
14.00-14.20
14.20-14.30
14.30-14.50
14.50-15.00
15.00-15.20
15.20-15.30
TRANSFORMING NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL CAREDr Richard Orr, GP Medical Adviser, Integrated Care, Health and Social Care Board Northern Ireland
Discussion
THE BEST USE OF PSYCHIATRY LIAISONDr Maura Young, Consultant Old Age Psychiatry at Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Discussion
EFFECTIVE ORTHOGERIATRIC INPUTDr Gary Heyburn, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Belfast Trust
Discussion
15.30-16.00 TEA
SESSION BGOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dr Ed Hodkinson Co-Chair: Dr Lynne Armstrong
Location: Studio
16.00-16.20
16.20-16.30
16.30-16.50
16.50-17.00
17.10-17.20
17.20-17.30
HIGH COURT AVOIDANCEDr Angelique Mastihi, Medical Protection Society
Discussion
THE PERFECT APPRAISAL FOLDER - WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ?Dr Peter Flanagan, Medical Director, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Discussion
REVALIDATIONMr Jon Billings Assistant Director, Registration and Revalidation, General Medical Council
Discussion
18.30-LATE DRINKS RECEPTION AT THE TITANIC
20.30-22.00 BUFFET DINNER AT THE TITANIC BELFAST
07.00 REGISTRATION OPENS
09.00-09.20
09.20-09.30
Location: Main Auditorium
PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME AND ADDRESS BY NORTHERN IRELAND MINISTER FOR HEALTHProfessor Paul Knight, President of the BGS and Mr Edwin Poots, Northern Ireland Minister for Health
AUTUMN MEETING PREVIEWDr Nigel Stout, BGS Meetings Secretary
PARALLEL SESSIONS09.30-10.30 SESSION C
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASEChair: Dr Ken Fullerton
Co-Chair: Dr Jim Kelly
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION DPAIN MANAGEMENT - A CLINICAL UPDATE
Chair: Dr Michael Power
Co-Chair: Dr Roger Shinton
Location: Studio
SESSION EDRIVING, EMPLOYMENT AND OLDER
PEOPLEChair: Dr David Craig
Co-Chair: Dr Gail Nicholson
Location: Green Room
09.30-09.45 RCP ED CONSENSUS ON ATRIALFIBRILLATIONProfessor David Stott, Chair of GeriatricMedicine, University of Glasgow
NEW AGENTS AND APPROACHESProfessor Patricia Schofield, School ofHealth & Social Care, GreenwichUniversity
FITNESS TO DRIVEProfessor Des O’Neill, Consultant Physicianin Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Adelaideand Meath Hospital Dublin and TrinityCollege Dublin
09.45-10.00 IMAGING DEVELOPMENTSDr Peter Flynn, ConsultantNeuroaudiologist, Belfast Trust
THE PAIN NURSEMs Olga O’Neill, Specialist Nurse in PainManagement
HOPE, CONFIDENCE AND CERTAINTY –ACTIVE AND POSITIVE AGEING INNORTHERN IRELAND Ms Claire Keatinge, Commissioner for Olderpeople in Northern Ireland
10.00-10.15 COMMON COMPLICATIONS OFSTROKEDr Joe Harbison, Lead Consultant
Stroke Physician and SeniorGeriatrician, St James's Hospital, Dublin
THE FUTURE OF AGE Mr David Sinclair, Assistant Director, Policyand Communications International LongevityCentre - UK
10.15-10.30 Discussion Discussion Discussion
10.30-11.45 COFFEE, POSTER ASSESSMENT AND EXHIBITION
11.45-13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONSSESSION F
BGS DEMENTIA AND SIMILAR DISORDERSSECTION
Chair: Dr Stephen Todd
Co-Chair: Dr Anne Capewell
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION GTELECARE AND TELEHEALTH SIG
Chair: Dr M McCormick
Co-Chair: Dr David Wilson
Location: Studio
SESSION HHEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH
Chair: Dr Tim Beringer
Co-Chair: Dr Zoe Wyrko
Location: Green Room
11.45-12.05COGNITIVE EXERCISE Ms Oonagh Thompson, Doctoral Student, QUB
11.45-12.25TELEHEALTH FOR THE GERIATRICIANDr Frank Miskelly, Consultant Physician,Imperial College London
11.45 - 12.15 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY - YOURSERVICE AND MEASURING OUTCOMESMr Hugh McCaughey
12.05-12.25 DEMENTIA PHARMACOLOGYProfessor Clive Holmes, University ofSouthampton 12.15-12.45
FUTURE TIMESDr Simon Conroy Head of Service, GeriatricMedicine, University Hospitals of Leicester
12.25-12.45AUTISM IN MATURITYMs Carol Povey, Director of the Centre forAutism
12.25-12.45SMART PHONE AND ETHICAL PRACTICEDr Kate Scott, Foundation ProgrammeDirector, Northern Trust
12.45-13.00 Discussion Discussion Discussion
13.00-14.00 LUNCH, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
Thursday, 18th April5
PARALLEL SESSIONS
14.00-15.15 SESSION I CLINICAL UPDATE RENAL DISEASE
Chair: Dr Kevin Dynan
Co-Chair: Dr Rosemary Kelly
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION J DEMENTIA IN GENERAL HOSPITAL
Chair: Dr Elaine Nelson
Co-Chair: Prof Tahir Masud
Location: Studio
14.00-14.30ACUTE KIDNEY INJURYDr Claire Beeson, Consultant Geriatrician, Kent & CanterburyHospital
14.00-14.20NATIONAL DEMENTIA POLICY RELEVANT TOGERIATRIC MEDICINE (INCLUDING CQUIN) Dr Simon Wright, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist,Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FoundationTrust
14.30-15.00OLDER PEOPLE END STAGE RENAL DISEASEDr Damien Fogarty, Clinical Senior Lecturer (Cons) (JA).School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and BiomedicalSciences, Queens University Belfast
14.20-14.40THE ROLE OF THE GERIATRICIAN IN THEMANAGEMENT OF COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN THEGENERAL HOSPITAL; MY CLINICAL PRACTICEDr Duncan Forsyth, Consultant Geriatrician, AddenbrookesHospital Cambridge
14.40-15.00THE ROLE OF THE GERIATRICIAN; CASE STUDIES1. Delirium Dr Emma Reynish, Consultant Physician inInternal Medicine and Geriatrics at Victoria HospitalKirkcaldy
2. Chronic Cognitive Decline Dr Arvind Kumar, ConsultantPhysician and Geriatrician Lead Clinician for TCS andDementia Service, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHSFoundation Trust
15.00-15.15 Discussion Discussion
15.15-15.45 TEA, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
15.45-17.00 SESSION KMEDICAL EDUCATION Chair: Dr Emma Reynish
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION J (continued)Location: Studio
15.45-16.05THE CHANGING CURRICULUMDr Rick Plumb, Clinical Senior Lecturer (Cons) (JA), Queens University Belfast
15.45-16.15THE INVESTIGATION OF PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVEIMPAIRMENT IN THE GENERAL HOSPITALDr Simon Wright, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist,Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FoundationTrust
16.05-16.25DISCUSSION - IN MY DAY AS A MEDICAL STUDENTProfessor Pascal McKeown, Centre Director (Clinical Academic) and Dr KenFullerton
16.15-16.30THE SOUTHAMPTON SICKNESS BEHAVIOUR SCALE:VALIDITY, INTERNAL CONSISTENCY AND RELIABILITYIN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND LEWY BODY DEMENTIADr J Butchart, Southampton Memory Assessment &Research Centre, Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty ofMedicine University of Southampton
16.25- 16.45THE TRANSITION FROM STUDENT TO DOCTORDr Oliver Corrado, Consultant Physician and 'Dementia Champion' for LeedsTeaching Hospitals St James's University Hospital
16.45-17.00 Discussion 16.30-16.55 Discussion
17.00-17.45 GUEST LECTURE Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Prof David Oliver, President-Elect of the BGS
THE FRANCIS REPORTMr Robert Francis, QC, Mid Staffordshire
PARALLEL SPONSORED SYMPOSIA
18.00-19.00 TEVA SYMPOSIUM A - RECOGNISING THE NEED TO ACT IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Location: Main Auditorium
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM/LUNDBECK SYMPOSIUM B -STROKE PREVENTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION:PRESCRIBING NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN THEELDERLY Location: Studio
19.45 CONFERENCE DINNER
Thursday, 18th April 6
08.00 REGISTRATION OPENS
PARALLEL SESSIONS
09.00-10.30 SESSION LBLOOD DYSCRASIAS
Chair: Dr Enda Kerr
Co-Chair: Dr Gill Turner
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION MDIETARY STRATEGIES AND CHRONIC
DISEASE PREVENTIONChair: Prof Gordon Wilcock
Co-Chair: Dr Adam Gordon
Location: Green Room
SESSION NPOPS SIG
Chair: Dr Jugdeep Dhesi
Location: Studio
09.00-09.20
09.25-09.30
DYSCRASIAS IN THE OLDER PATIENTProf Mary Frances McMullin, Belfast Trust/QUB
Discussion
MEDITERRANEAN DIET ANDVASCULAR DISEASEDr Jayne Woodside, Reader, QUB
Discussion
09.00-09.05Chair’s Address Dr Jugdeep Dhesi, ConsultantGeriatrician, Guys and StThomas’s NHS Trust
09.30-09.45 THE IMPACT OF MOTOR AND NON-MOTORSYMPTOMS UPON HEALTH-RELATEDQUALITY OF LIFE IN EARLY PARKINSON’SDISEASE: THE INCIDENCE OF COGNITIVEIMPAIRMENT IN COHORTS WITHLONGITUDINAL EVALUATION - PARKINSON’SDISEASE (ICICLE-PD) STUDYDr Gordon Duncan, Specialist Trainee, ClinicalAgeing Research Unit, Newcastle University
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION TOREDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE INOLDER PATIENTS WITH ISOLATEDSYSTOLIC HYPERTENSIONDr Miles Witham, Ageing and Health,Ninewells Hospital
09.05-09.20RISK ASSESSMENT IN THEOLDER SURGICAL PATIENTDr Rupert Pearse, Clinical SeniorLecturer in Intensive CareMedicine Barts and the LondonNHS Trust
09.45-10.00 PREDICTING OUTCOME AFTER HIPFRACTURE – USING FRAILTY INDEX TOINTEGRATE COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRICASSESSMENT RESULTSDr Manju Krishnan, Orthogeriatric Team, CardiffTrauma Unit, University Hospital of Wales
A POPULATION BASED STUDY OFDOSING AND PERSISTENCE WITHANTI-DEMENTIA MEDICATIONSDr Linda Brewer, Royal College ofSurgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital,Dublin
09.20-09.35ENHANCED RECOVERYPROGRAMMES AND THEIRRELEVANCE TO THE OLDERPATIENTMr Andrew Williams, ConsultantSurgeon Guys and St Thomas’sNHS Trust
10.00-10.15 MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION INCOMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER PEOPLEHAS IMPROVED OVER THE LAST DECADEAND IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASERISK OF FALLS, DIZZINESS OR SYNCOPEDr Claire McDonald, StR, Falls and SyncopeUnit, Royal Victoria Infirmary
EFFECT OF ACE INHIBITORS ONPHYSICAL FUNCTION IN OLDERPEOPLE UNDERGOING EXERCISETRAININGDr Deepa Sumukadas, NinewellsHospital and Medical School
09.35-09.45Discussion
10.15-10.30 RCT OF SPECIALIST GERIATRIC MEDICALASSESSMENT FOR HIGH RISK PATIENTSDISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL ACUTEMEDICAL UNITSDr Simon Conroy, Division of Rehabilitation andAgeing, University of Nottingham Medical School
INSIGHTS INTO THE CLINICALMANAGEMENT OF THE SYNDROMEOF SUPINE HYPERTENSION-ORTHOSTATIC- HYPOTENSION (SH-OH): Dr Roman Romero-Ortuno, The IrishLongitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA),Dublin
09.45-10.00EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY INTHE OLDER POPULATIONDr Carol Peden, Consultant inAnaesthesia and Critical CareMedicine, Royal United HospitalBath
10.00-10.15OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OFANAEMIA IN THE HIPFRACTUREDr Richard Griffiths, ConsultantAnaesthetist, Peterborough &Stamford Hospitals
10.15-10.30Panel Discussion
10.30-11.00 COFFEE, POSTER ASSESSMENT AND EXHIBITION
Friday, 19th April7
PARALLEL SESSIONS
11.00-12.00 SESSION OIRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING
Chair: Prof C Normand
Co-Chair: Prof R Kenny
Location: Main Auditorium
SESSION PGASTROENTEROLOGY SIG MICROSCOPIC COLITIS –A
FORGOTTEN CAUSE OF DIARRHOEAIN OLDER PEOPLEChair: Dr N Haboubi
Location: Studio
SESSION QCENTRE FOR AGEING
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT IN IRELAND
Chair: Prof Bob Stout
Location: Green Room
11.00-11.15 THE VALUE OF TILDA FOR RESEARCHON AGEING, HEALTH AND HEALTHCAREProfessor Rose-Anne Kenny Trinity CollegeDublin ,Principal Investigator on the IrishLongitudinal Study on Ageing
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGYProfessor Alistair Forbes, UniversityCollege Hospital London
AGEING RESEARCH INIRELAND - NORTH AND SOUTHDr Roger O’Sullivan - Centre forAgeing Research andDevelopment in Ireland
11.15-11.30 THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDHOODEVENTS ON LATER LIFEDr Cathal McCrory, Research Fellow at theIrish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
HISTOLOGYProfessor Najib Haboubi, UniversityHospital Manchester
A PREDICTIVE MODEL OFLONG TERM CAREMs Maev-Ann Wren, TrinityCollege, Dublin
11.30-11.45 DRIVERS OF USE OF HEALTH ANDSOCIAL CARE IN PEOPLE OVER 50 INIRELAND: EVIDENCE FROM THE IRISHLONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEINGProfessor Charles Normand, Professor ofHealth Policy and Management at TrinityCollege Dublin
CLINICAL PRESENTATION ANDTREATMENTProfessor Diarmuid O’Donoghue,Consultant Gastroenterologist; StVincent's Heathcare Group
MEDICATION USE IN PATIENTSWITH DEMENTIA AT END OFLIFE Dr Carole Parsons, QueensUniversity Belfast
11.45-12.00 Discussion Discussion Discussion
12.10-13.00 MARJORY WARREN GUEST LECTURE Location: Main Auditorium
Chair: Prof Paul Knight, BGS President
GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND STROKE MEDICINE: MORTAL ENEMIES OR COMRADES IN ARMSProfessor Langhorne Professor of Stroke Care University of Glasgow
13.00-14.00 LUNCH, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
14.00-15.15 SESSION R THE CRITICALLY ILL OLDER PATIENT
Chair: Dr Ian Steele Co-Chair: Dr Alice Ong
Location: Main Auditorium
14.00-14.15 ADJUNCT TREATMENTS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN OLDER PEOPLEProfessor Steve Allen, University of Bournemouth
14.15-14.30 GETTING THE OLDER PATIENT IN AND OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE Dr Brian Mullan, Consultant in Critical Care, Medicine Royal Victoria Hospital
14.30-14.45 NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIESDr Tom Esmonde, Department of Neurology, Northern Trust
14.45-15.00 Discussion
15.00-16:00 SESSION S: ATTENDEE FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONSChair: Dr Nigel Stout Co-Chair: Dr David Craig
Location: Main Auditorium
This session will be the opportunity for attendees to feedback on the current work of the BGS as well content and quality ofthe meeting, in order to influence development of future conferences.
16:00-16:30 TEA, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION
16:30CLOSE OF MEETING
Friday, 19th April 8
Ancillary Meetings 9
Poster Presentations
PERCEPTION OF POLYPHARMACY AMONGST HOSPITAL DOCTORSA Abdullah, A N Omar, R Mulcahy
RESPONDING TO THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF AN AGEING POPULATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF APOSTGRADUATE MASTERS COURSE IN CLINICAL RESEARCHA Clapp, E Tullo, D Carrick-Sen, J Newton, B Hirst
ANTICOAGULATION AUDIT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK ORISCHAEMIC STROKEV Krishnaswami, A Foster, D Vahidassr
AN AUDIT IN AWARENESS OF �DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION� (DNAR) ORDER GUIDELINES AMONGST JUNIORDOCTORS AT ASHFORD & ST PETER'S HOSPITAL�S NHS TRUSTB Handa
PROFILING ACUTELY UNWELL NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: AN IRISHPERSPECTIVER Briggs, S Kennelly
MEASURES TO IMPROVE DOCUMENTATION OF DAILY PATIENT CARE NEEDS AT SOUTHAMPTON GENERALHOSPITALC Charlton, S Gilson, K Hardy, E Ito, N Jayanetti, R Marigold, N Moss, L Sykes, L Webb
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Wednesday, 17th April
Time Meeting Location
13.15-13.30 Chairs’ Briefing Canberra Room
Thursday, 18th April
08.30-08.45 Chairs’ Briefing Canberra Room
08.00-08.45 Poster Assessors Briefing (includes breakfast) Lagan Room
13.00-14.00 Poster Assessors’ Meeting (includes lunch) Lagan Room
13.00-14.00 Social Media Meeting Green Room
Friday, 19th April
08.30-08.45 Chairs’ Briefing Canberra Room
13.00-14.00Trainees’ Meeting (Please have lunch in the exhibitors’ hall beforeproceeding to the meeting)
The Green Room
13.00-14.00Association of Professors of Geriatric Medicine (Please have lunchbefore proceeding to the meeting
Lagan Room
13.00-14.00 BGS Meetings Committee (includes lunch) Canberra Room
Ancillary Meetings Poster Presentations 10
MANAGING PATIENTS AT END OF LIFE - A SURVEY OF DOCTORS AND NURSEST Chavan, A Matthew
USE OF START/STOPP CRITERIA AS TOOLS TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN PRESCRIBING IN A BELFASTACUTE CARE OF THE ELDERLY UNITC P Trolan
AGE SPECIALIST SERVICES EMERGENCY TEAM (ASSET): INITIAL RESULTS OF A NEW CLINICAL SERVICEC Steel, G Ellis
USE OF A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO IMPROVE BONE HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN THE FALLS CLINICD J Ahearn, K Lotha, P Shukla, D R Bourne
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ASSESSMENT OF URINARY CONTINENCE IN A COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTRE: ASUCCESSFUL AUDIT LOOP STORYA Mathur, K Musarrat, A Patel
IS AN OUTREACH SERVICE INTO NURSING HOMES WITH A MEDICATION REVIEW LEADING TO REDUCED MEDICATIONBURDEN AND IMPROVED APPROPRIATENESS OF PRESCRIPTIONS?G Nicholson, E Nelson, S McNicholl, H McKee, J Cuthbertson
CAN A NEW OUTREACH CLINIC INTO NURSING HOMES REDUCE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ATTENDANCES ANDHOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND RESULT IN FINANCIAL GAIN?E Nelson, G Nicholson, S McNicholl, H McKee, J Cuthbertson
ROUTINE PRE-OPERATIVE CHEST X-RAYS IN PATIENTS WITH A FRACTURED NECK OF FEMUR - ARE THEY NECESSARYFOR ALL?E Lunt, S Lee
IMPACT OF ALL SINGLE ROOMS WITH ENSUITE FACILITY IN AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN WALES (UK)J Okeke, J Daniel, A Naseem, S Ramakrishna, I Singh
INTRODUCTION OF URINARY CONTINENCE CARE TRAINING INTO THE NORTH WEST GERIATRIC MEDICINE MSC TEACHINGPROGRAMMEJ R Barker, A J Weatherburn, L Thornton
DOES STRUCTURED MENTAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT TRAINING IMPROVE THE CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE OF THEMULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM?J Daniel , J Okeke , C Holly, J Jones, A Varanasi, A Verma, I Singh
PALLIATIVE DISCHARGE TEAM IN OLDER PEOPLE: DO OLDER INPATIENTS WANT TO DIE AT HOME?J A H Foster, C Carmichael, C Cawston, S Homewood, M Leitch
AN AUDIT OF FALLS RISK ASSESSMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH FALLS TO AN ORTHO-GERIATRIC UNITIN FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITALJ Martin, J McDicken, J Lonnen, J Bishop-Miller
SHOULD WE TREAT HYPERTENSION IN PATIENT’S WITH DEMENTIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW L C Beishon, J K Harrison, S P Conroy, J R F Gladman
OUTCOMES OF GASTROSTOMY INSERTIONS IN STROKE PATIENTSJ Sim, F Byrne, J Currie, S Ollman, S Brown, M Wilkinson, A Manoj, F Hussain
AUDIT OF NUTRITIONAL INTAKE IN PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTURE PRE AND POST AN INTERVENTION PROGRAMME TOASSIST WITH FEEDINGA Druhan, M Thompson, J Tsang
PATTERNS OF ACTIVITY AND RELIABILITY OF AN ACUTE STROKE TELEMEDICINE SERVICE – DUBLIN MIDLEINSTERSTROKE NETWORK PARTNERSHIPJ Soh, C Offiah, T Coughlan, P O’Brien, D J H McCabe, S Murphy, J McManus, D O’Neill, D R Collins
PROLONGED QTC - CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, CLINICALLY UNDER-RECOGNISEDK Warburton, N Maini, A-L Cunnington
AN INPATIENT FALLS AUDITP Mathew, K Hoyles, M Lythgoe, H Brewer, J Western-Price
DOES AN EDUCATIONAL TUTORIAL IMPROVE DOCTORS CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN RECOGNISING ANDREPORTING SUSPECTED ABUSE IN OLDER PEOPLE?K Colquhoun
OPPORTUNISTIC HEARING SCREENING IN ELDERLY INPATIENTSK Ramdoo, J Bowen, O T Dale, R Corbridge
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RE-AUDIT OF COLLATERAL HISTORY TAKING IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CONFUSIONL Richardson, L Daunt, A Ali, R Harwood
APPROPRIATENESS OF NURSING HOME ADMISSIONS TO ACUTE SERVICES IN A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL:A ONE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE SURVEYL A Beveridge, J Harper
BETTER SIMU-LATE THAN NEVER: STANDARDISED SIMULATION BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION MAPPED TO THEGERIATRIC MEDICINE CURRICULUML D Williamson, J S T Bowen, M A Gosney
COMPETENCY MAPPING OF THE GERIATRIC 2010 CURRICULUM AS A QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOL: RESULTS,RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROCESS EVALUATIONL Wentworth, K Wardle, J Ruddlesdin, S Baht, N Roberts, O Corrado, J Morell, P Baker
AT ARMS REACH? - FLUID PROVISION ON A SENIOR HEALTH WARD: A COMPLETED AUDIT CYCLEN Whiller, I Wilkinson
WESTERN ISLES STROKE TELEREHABILITATION (SPECIALIST MEDICAL CONSULTATION) SERVICEM Barber, A Maclean, J Frieslick, A Reoch
SUSTAINING THE REDUCTION OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTUREM Thompson, J Tsang
ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS CARE OF THE ELDERLY AMONGST 4TH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS ATQUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST(QUB) PRE AND POST COMPLETING A GERIATRIC RESIDENTIAL ATTACHMENTA McSorley, A Crawford, S Sarup
THE PILOT ‘MEDICINE FOR THE ELDERLY FRONT- DOOR’ PROJECT IN NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITYHOSPITAL (NNUH)A Niruban, J D Edwards, S J Bailey, H M May
PREDICTING MORTALITY IN THE ELDERLY BEYOND HSMRSP Mathieson, H Jones
WHEN DO WE DISCONTINUE ANTI-DEMENTIA DRUGS? VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CLINICIANS IN A NATIONALSURVEY WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOMR Ray, R Prettyman
FALLING RATES OR FALLING FLAT? CAN A MULTI-FACTORIAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONALPROGRAMME DECREASE INPATIENT FALLS IN AN ELDERLY CARE WARD?R Gibson, A Heaney, K Hull
UNDERSTANDING OF RISK OF HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN OLDER INDIVIDUALS WITH DIABETESM Bhagat, S Bellary
REDUCING INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTIONSS Ninan, G Chhokar, D Sweeney, W Nivatongs, S Y Wong, T Aung
COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT INFLUENCES ONCOLOGY DECISION-MAKING FOR OLDER PEOPLEWITH CANCERT Kalsi, G Babic-Illman, D Harari
REDUCING THE POTENTIAL HARM FROM THE HIGH SODIUM CONTENT OF SOLUBLE ANALGESIA IN CARE HOMERESIDENTS: A CLINICAL AUDITM Aljaizani, A T Pattison
CARE HOME RESIDENTS HAVE AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF COMMON CO-MORBIDITIES THAT MAKE UPQUALITY OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK (QOF) POTENTIALLY CAUSING HARM TO PATIENTS AND FINANCIALLYDISADVANTAGING PRIMARY CARE SERVICESA T Pattison, M Aljaizani, J Fox, S Reilly
A TRAINING PACKAGE TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF IN-PATIENT FALLS BY FY1 TRAINEESV Chauhan, M Azad, J Youde
MULTIPLE READMISSIONS AND THE END OF LIFEJ Lagan, H Cooper, D Komrower, V Price
CALLING OUT FOR HELP! IMPROVING CALL-BELL PLACEMENT ON THE GERATOLOGY WARDC B von Stempel1, B Gilbert2, N Bouwmeester3, H W Jones1
PROTECTING OLDER PATIENTS’ DIGNITY IN THE DISCHARGE LOUNGE SETTING: AUDIT OF THE DISCHARGELOUNGE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITALT Win, C Weekes, R Hodgkinson, S Walker, K Le Ball
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SIMPLE GUIDANCE CAN IMPROVE THE ASSESSMENT OF FAECAL INCONTINENCE IN GERIATRIC REHABILITATION Z N Muir
AGEISM AND SEXISM IN CLINICAL RESEARCH: ARE WE MAKING ANY PROGRESS?P Gupta, R Shekhar, M S O'Mahony
EVALUATION OF BUPRENORPHINE TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM (BTDS) AMONG ELDERLY SUBJECTS WITH CHRONIC,MODERATE TO SEVERE OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN OF THE HIP AND/OR KNEEJ Karlsson, A Söderström, A-C Berggren
DOES THE EUROPEAN WORKING GROUP ON SARCOPENIA IN OLDER PEOPLE ALGORITHM DETECT ALL THOSEVULNERABLE?D Sumukadas, R Price, G P Leese, E Trucco, M E T McMurdo
POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ADENOSINE TESTS IN UNEXPLAINED SYNCOPE PRESENTING TO ACUTE MEDICALSERVICESI G Matthews, C J Plummer, S W Parry
PREVALENCE OF MOST VASCULAR RISK FACTORS INCREASES BUT END-ORGAN DISEASE REMAINS CONSTANT OVER10 YEARS FOLLOW UP IN A COMMUNITY DWELLING COHORT OF OLDER PEOPLES R J Kerr, J L Newton, C McDonald
LIVING THE DREEM: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF MEDICINE IN THE COMMUNITY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD)D Ní Chróinín, W Cullen, L Kyne, C Carberry, J Last, A Molphy, E Nevin, M Steele, G Bury
CAPACITY ASSESSMENT AS A THRESHOLD CONCEPT IN GERIATRIC MEDICINEI Wilkinson
THE SPECTRUM OF ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN OLDER COMMUNITY DWELLING ADULTS: SHOULDWE REFINE OUR DEFINITION OF ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION?C Finucane, M D L O’Connell, C W Fan, C Soraghan, H Cronin, R A Kenny
THE ASSOCIATIONS OF INSOMNIA AND DAYTIME SLEEPINESS IN COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERS IN THE IRISHLONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGEING (TILDA)C Finucane, H Cronin, R A Kenny, J Harbison
DEMOGRAPHICS OF CENTENARIANS ADMITTED THROUGH MEDICAL RECEIVING IN RAIGMORE HOSPITALL Shields, M McMurray
A SIGNAL PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR OBJECTIVE SLEEP AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT USINGACCELEROMETRY IN POPULATION STUDIES OF OLDER ADULTSH Nolan, H Cronin, L Dunne, L Greene, P Walsh, P M Kearney, R A Kenny, C Finucane
DISPARITIES IN LIFE EXPECTANCY IN FRAILTY STATES BETWEEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIESR Romero-Ortuno, T Fouweather, C Jagger
TIMED UP AND GO VERSUS 10 METERS WALK IN PATIENTS WITH FALLSA Michael, P J Teo, G Fisher
CONTRAST SENSITIVITY BUT NOT VISUAL ACUITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH GAIT IN OLDER ADULTSE Duggan, O Donoghue, G Savva, H Cronin, R Kenny, C Finucane
EFFECTIVENESS OF FALLS PREVENTION PROGRAMME! A FIVE YEAR STUDYT Bhutta, K Musarrat, D Lakhani
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BONES, MUSCLE & RHEUMATOLOGY
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IS THERE A DIFFERENCE OF ASSESSMENT OF POLYPHARMACY BY GERIATRICIANS AND NON-GERIATRCIANS INPATIENTS PRESENTING WITH FALL?K Musarrat, T Bhutta, M Kumar, D Bridge, A Patel, D Lakhani
OSTEOPOROSIS MANAGEMENT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKSR Marchetti, N Bullman, W Srikusalankul, R Varendran
DECREASED GRIP STRENGTH, SLOWER WALKING SPEED AND INABILITY TO STAND FROM CHAIR WITHOUT USINGARMS PREDICT FALLS IN A LARGE EUROPEAN AGEING COHORTK Anderson-Ranberg, J Ryg, S Vestergaard, M L Eriksen, T Masud
COMPARISON OF THE SAFETY PROFILE OF PRUCALOPRIDE FOR CHRONIC CONSTIPATION IN ELDERLY ANDADULT PATIENTSM Camilleri, P Robinson, R Kerstens, L Vandeplassche
TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE FOR MEDICINES MANAGEMENT OF OLDER PATIENTS IN ACUTE CAREJ T Y Soong, M Reyholds, S Jamil, K Thakkar, A Jacklin, E Dickinson
IMPROVING PRESCRIBING FOR THE ELDERLY (IMPE): TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE FORMEDICINES MANAGEMENT IN THE OLDER PATIENT FOR ACUTE CAREJ T Y Soong, M Reyholds, S Jamil, K Thakkar, A Jacklin, E Dickinson
DOES THE ANTICHOLINERGIC RISK SCORE PREDICT DEATH IN OLDER PEOPLE AFTER DISCHARGE FROMINPATIENT REHABILITATION?K E Walesby, D Sumukadas, L Ramage, M E T McMurdo, A A Mangoni, M D Witham
COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOSPITAL CARE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEMM Williams, B Fitzjohn, M MacMahon
UNDERSTANDING HELP-SEEKING IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH URINARY INCONTINENCEN Vethanayagam, S Orme, A Orrell, K McKee, L Dahlberg, H Marsh, J Harland, G Smith, M Gilhooly, S G Parker
ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE BEHAVIOUR IN PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: DOES IT PREDICTCONVERSION TO DEMENTIA?C A McGarrigle, T Hayakawa, B A Lawlor, R A Kenny
COGNITIVE FUNCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN AGEING ADULTS- THE IRISHLONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGEING WAVE ONE RESULTSJ Frewen, C Finucane, G M Savva, G Boyle, R F Coen, R A Kenny
NORMATIVE DATA FOR THE FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY (FAB): FINDINGS FROM THE TUDA STUDYK McCarroll1, R F Coen1, M Casey1, J B Walsh1, D Coakley1, B A Lawlor1, J Scott2, A Molloy2, H McNulty3, S McNiffe1, H Toohey1,C Cunningham1
METABOLIC HEALTH AND COGNITIVE OUTCOMES WITHIN THE BMI CATEGORIESC Kennedy, D Robinson, R Romero-Ortuno, G Savva, D O’Shea, R Kenny, D O’Shea, J O’Connell
CHARACTERISTICS OF OLDER FREQUENT ATTENDERS TO AN INNER-CITY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTD J Robinson, K O'Donnell, K Bennett, G McMahon
ADULTS WITH SYNCOPE - SYNCOPE IN YOUTH AS A MODERATOR FOR RECENT SYNCOPE AND HEALTHOUTCOMES IN THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEINGB L King-Kallimanis, R Romero-Ortuno, D O'Shea, R A Kenny
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CONCURRENT USE OF MEDICATION AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN GENERAL POPULATION AGED 50 YEARS AND MOREIN IRELANDJ Peklar, K Richardson, M C Henman, M Kos, R A Kenny
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FOLLOWING RELOCATION OF HIGHLY DEPENDENT LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS: ARETROSPECTIVE ANALYTICAL STUDYS Mello, K A O'Connor
THE PREDICTIVE PROPERTIES OF FRAILTY-RATING SCALES IN THE ACUTE SETTINGS P Conroy
MEDICAL AND DENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DYNAMICS OF ORAL COLONISATION WITH POTENTIALRESPIRATORY PATHOGENS IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB FRACTUREV Ewan, A Sails, A W G Walls, S Rushton, J L Newton
USING ‘NUTRITIONAL NARRATIVE’ AND FOCUS GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND HOW NUTRITIONAL CARE CAN BETTERPRIORITISED FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL SETTINGSS Morrison, S Machniewski, J Purdy, K Carlisle, D Coleman, I M Rea
IMPACT OF DATSCAN IN THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH DIAGNOSTICALLY UNCERTAINPARKINSONISMS Kar, T Aung
GREY MATTER CORRELATIONS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN EARLY PARKINSON'S DISEASE: THE INCIDENCE OFCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN COHORTS WITH LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION - PARKINSON’S DISEASE (ICICLE-PD) STUDYG W Duncan, M J Firbank, A J Yarnall, T K Khoo, J T O’Brien, R A Barker, D J Burn
ASSESSING ADR RISK IN OLDER PATIENTS: DO THE PREDICTION MODELS AGREE?J M Stevenson, K Kindsiko, C Ikpemo, J L Williams, R Schiff, J G Davies
THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE LONG AND SHORT FORMS OF THE CES-D SCALE AND THE VALIDITY OF POSITIVEAFFECT IN OLDER IRISH ADULTSA M O’Halloran, B L King-Kallimanis, R A Kenny
POOR GAIT AND BALANCE PREDICT POOR COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND COGNITIVE DECLINE TEN YEARS LATERC McDonald, M S Pearce, J L Newton, S Kerr
EXPERIENCES OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND THEIR CARERSK J Dean, C Jenkinson, G K Wilcock
CONTROL ORIENTATION AS A MEDIATOR OF THE SOCIAL GRADIENT IN DEPRESSION: A ROLE FOR LEARNEDHELPLESSNESS?C McCrory, D Gallagher, R A Kenny
PREFERENCES OF OLDER PEOPLE REGARDING EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - BEFORE AND AFTERA BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE BENEFITS AND RISKSS M Robinson, M Canavan, S T O’Keeffe
IS DELIRIUM A MARKER FOR UNDETECTED CHRONIC COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT?T A Jackson, P Nicolson, B Sheehan
BORDERZONE LACUNAR INFARCTION AND BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITYD J Ryan, C Finucane, R A Kenny, J A Harbison
SUBOPTIMAL LIPID MANAGEMENT AT PRESENTATION AMONGST ISCHAEMIC STROKE AND TIA PATIENTS- THE NORTHDUBLIN POPULATION STROKE STUDYD Ní Chróinín, C Ní Chróinín, E L Callaly, N Hannon, L Kelly, M Marnane, Á Merwick, Ó Sheehan, G Horgan, J Duggan, L Kyne, P M E McCormack, A Moore, J Moroney, P J Kelly
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PHARMACOLOGY
PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH
Partners15 Exhibitors
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd Ellesfield AvenueBracknellBerkshireRG12 8YS
The officers, the Events Management Committee and the Academic Affairs Board of the BritishGeriatrics Society acknowledge with grateful thanks, the support given by the following
companies who are participating in the meeting as partners and/or exhibitors.
Teva UK Limited Lundbeck LimitedField House Lundbeck HouseStation Approach Caldecotte Lake Business Park Harlow Milton Keynes CM20 2FB MK7 8LTG
Bronze PartnerParallel Symposium: Thursday, 18.00 - 19.00RECOGNISING THE NEED TO ACT IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Silver PartnerParallel Symposium: Thursday, 18.00 - 19.00STROKE PREVENTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: PRESCRIBING NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN THE
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Abbott Laboratories LimitedAbbott HouseVanwall Business ParkVanwall RoadMaidenheadSL6 4XE
Astellas Pharma Limited 2000 Hillswood Drive Chertsey KT16 0RS
Boehringer Ingelheim LimitedEllesfield Avenue,Bracknell,Berkshire.RG12 8YS
Dermal Laboratories LimitedTatmore placeGosmoreHitchinHertsSG4 7QR
Internis Pharmaceuticals LimitedCarradine House237 Regent's Park RoadLondonN3 3LF
Napp PharmaceuticalsCambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge CB4 0AB
Northern TrustBush HouseBush RoadAntrimBT41 2QB
Oxford University PressGreat Clarendon StreetOxfordOX2 6DP
Pfizer LimitedWalton Oaks,Dorking RoadWalton-on-the-HillTadworth, SurreyKT20 7NS
Teva UK LimitedField HouseStation Approach HarlowEssexCM20 2FB
Western Health and Social Care Trust Spruce Villa, Gransha Park Clooney Road London Derry BT 62F
Wesleyan Assurance SocietyColmore CircusBirminghamB4 6AR
Forty per cent of the take in mosthospitals is now older acute medicinepatients. Increasing numbers of olderpatients no longer come under thecare of geriatricians and so generaland other speciality physicians needto be prepared to deal with the acuteolder patient. This one-day conferencewill provide a comprehensive overviewon how to address the medical care ofolder people.
This joint BGS/RCP Londonconference will provide practicalinformation and take-away messagesrelevant to day-to-day practice.
Highlights include:
u The pre-hospital perspective – therole of general practice, theambulance service and virtual wards.u The clinical challenge of assessingolder people in urgent care settingsu Safe routes home and thinkingahead.
What past delegates havesaid:
“The quality and pace of the speakerswere really exceptional. It was one ofthe best events I've been to.” (2012conference delegate).
Audience:
u Geriatricians and specialty trainees.u Consultants and trainees in acutemedicine.u All consultants and trainees whoundertake general medicine as part oftheir clinical service.u Nurses working in the AMUenvironment.u Primary care clinicians with aresponsibility for intermediate careand community rehabilitation.
ACUTE CARE OF OLDERPEOPLE
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Venue: Royal College ofPhysicians, London
Early booking discounts availableuntil 5 February 2013.
All RCP conferences are valid forCPD credits - this conference is
worth 6 credits. CPD Code: 79238
For a full programme and onlineregistration: www.bgsevents.org
[Select “Other BGS Events”]
This annual event is widelyrecognised as the premier UKnational meeting for cliniciansworking in the field of ‘Falls andMobility’ medicine. Previousconferences have been resoundingsuccesses with over 250 participantsyear after year.
The meeting will combine scientificdiscussion alongside best clinical practice toa multidisciplinary audience.
Who should attend?
The programme will be of interest to allhealthcare professionals interested in the fields of falls and mobility, geriatric medicine and care of olderpeople including:
u Consultants in geriatric medicineu General practitionersu Junior doctors training in geriatric medicineu Nurses and Nurse consultantsu Medical Studentsu Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists
Why participate?
u Understand more on the key issues and challenges currently facing falls and bone health specialists
u Hear presentations on the latest scientific research in falls and bone health medicine
u Network with other medical professionalsu Present your own scientific work to a broader
community
14th International Falls and Postural Stability Conference
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9th September 2013Bristol, UK
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2013
Organised by the Falls and Bone Health
SIG of the British Geriatrics Society
www.bgs.org.uk (Select BGS Events/ 2013 Falls & Postural Stability)
British Geriatrics SocietyFinal Spring Meeting ProgrammeApril 2013
Marjory Warren House31 St John’s SquareLondon EC1M 4DN
Email: conferences@bgs.org.uk