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Geriatrics Knowledge Hub

• Search for books and e-books held in the Library
• Geriatrics books available through Oxford Medicine  [NHS ATHENS]

• Search all our fulltext journal subscriptions  [NHS ATHENS]
• Geriatrics journals available fulltext via NHS Athens

• UpToDate  [NHS ATHENS OR PERSONAL LOGIN - CREATE VIA ZENWORKS]
• NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries: care of the elderly
• NICE Guidance: older people
• ​BMJ Best Practice  [NHS ATHENS]
• Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews
• TRIP Database

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• Associate for Elderly Medicine Education
• British Geriatrics Society
• British Society of Gerontology
• JRCPTB: Geriatric Medicine
• Royal Society of Medicine: Geriatrics and Gerontology section

• Library current awareness services
• Falls bulletin​

• eLearning for Healthcare: Geriatric medicine - access online or via ESR
• Mini-GEMs (AEME)
• Diploma in geriatric medicine (RCP London)
• Act Now (e-LfH)
• Lightning Learning: Clinical Frailty Score in the ED (EM3 FOAMed)

• Age UK
• British Geriatrics Society: Frailty
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment (UpToDate)
• NEW! Cochrane Special Collection: Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people
• Dementia Knowledge Hub
• NEW! Frailty toolkit (NHS RightCare)
• Geriatric emergency medicine
• Health in aging
• Last 1000 days
• MRCPUK: Geriatric medicine
• NHS England frailty resources
• Older people (Royal College of Nursing)
• Older people's forum - join the discussions at the RCN
• ST3 recruitment: geriatric medicine specialty information
• Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs. Quality statement 2: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (NICE)

• Comprehensive care: older people living with frailty in hospitals (NIHR Dissemination Centre, 2017)
• Fit for frailty (British Geriatrics Society)
• Commissioning services for people living with frailty: fit for frailty 2 (British Geriatrics Society)
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment toolkit for primary care practitioners (British Geriatrics Society)
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment: a summary (National Clinical Programme for Older People, 2015 - Royal College of Physicians of Ireland)
• Healthier for longer: How healthcare professionals can support older people (British Geriatrics Society, 2019)  **NEW**
• Integrated care for older people with frailty: innovative approaches in practice (RCGP and BGS, 2016)
• The silver book: Quality care for older people with urgent and emergency care needs (BGS, 2012)
• Anticholinergic cognitive burden scale (Aging Brain Program of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, 2012)
• Dementia core skills education and training framework (Skills for Health, 2015) :: 2018 update
• Person-centred care in 2017: evidence from service users (National Voices)
• Personalised care and support planning handbook: the journey to person-centre care - core information (NHS England, 2016) and supplementary information on practical delivery (2015)
• Safe, compassionate care for frail older people using an integrated care pathway: practical guidance for commissioners, providers and nursing, medical and allied health professional leaders (NHS England, 2014)
• Frailty: a framework of core capabilities (Skills for Health, 2018)

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• @Britgerontology
• @ElderlyMedEd
• @GeriSoc
• @Age_UK
• @mdtea_podcast

• BMJ Best Practice app
• UpToDate app
• BNF app
• BrowZine app (access the library journals)
• Cochrane iPad app
• My CPD app (GMC)
• My Good Medical Practice app (GMC)

• Ageing Bites (British Society of Gerontology YouTube channel)
• RSM videos: Geriatrics and Gerontology

• Ageing visibly (BBC R4)
• CotEcast (AEME) 
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment (The Hearing Aid Podcasts)

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