New horizons in the implementation and research of comprehensive geriatric assessment: knowing, doing and the “know-do” gap

Gladman, John R.F.; Conroy, Simon P.; Ranhoff, Anette H.; Gordon, Adam L.

doi:10.1093/ageing/afw012

All Outputs (6)

New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia (2016)
Journal Article

The optimal management of hypertension in people with dementia is uncertain. This review explores if people with dementia experience greater adverse effects from antihypertensive medications, if cognitive function is protected or worsened by controll... Read More about New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia.

Frailsafe: from conception to national breakthrough collaborative (2016)
Journal Article

The number of people aged over 60 years worldwide is projected to rise from 605 million in 2000 to almost 2 billion by 2050, while those over 80 years will quadruple to 395 million. Two-thirds of UK acute hospital admissions are over 65, the highest... Read More about Frailsafe: from conception to national breakthrough collaborative.

The development of a geriatric postgraduate education assessment instrument using a modified Delphi procedure (2016)
Journal Article

There is currently wide variation in the structure and content of higher medical training in geriatric medicine across Europe and no common framework within which existing efforts can be compared. We set out to develop an audit tool to compare traini... Read More about The development of a geriatric postgraduate education assessment instrument using a modified Delphi procedure.

Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to explore the evidence for ho... Read More about Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review.

The development and evaluation of mini-GEMs: a short, focused, online e-learning videos in geriatric medicine (2016)
Journal Article

Mini Geriatric E-Learning Modules (Mini-GEMs) are short, focused, e-learning videos on geriatric medicine topics, hosted on YouTube, which are targeted at junior doctors working with older people. This study aimed to explore how these resources are a... Read More about The development and evaluation of mini-GEMs: a short, focused, online e-learning videos in geriatric medicine.

New horizons in the implementation and research of comprehensive geriatric assessment: knowing, doing and the “know-do” gap (2016)
Journal Article

In this paper we outline the relationship between the need to put existing applied health research knowledge into practice (the “know-do gap”) and the need to improve the evidence base (the “know gap”) with respect to the health care process used for... Read More about New horizons in the implementation and research of comprehensive geriatric assessment: knowing, doing and the “know-do” gap.