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Geriatric medicine</h1> <div class="content-main"> <div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-page_1 collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette view-dom-id-d22cc3907a95bb01c9ba24d17e8457a5"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="topic-intro"><h5>The topic content is divided into the information types below</h5></div> <div class="topics-view-switch"> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-default">Resources</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-events">Events</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-policies">Policy</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-news">News</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-blogs">Blogs</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-resource-series">Resources series</span> <span class="view-mode-switch latest-view-sig">Special interest groups</span> </div> </div> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/resources/history-of-geriatric-medicine-in-the-uk-joseph-rogers-and-the-1867-metropolitan-poor-act" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>History of geriatric medicine in the UK: Joseph Rogers and the 1867 Metropolitan Poor Act and emergence of state hospitals </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-10-25T00:00:00+01:00">25 October 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Michael Denham discusses the emergence of state hospitals - an improvement on the quackery and inadequate regulation of medical services which prevailed in the UK</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/geriatrics-an-old-problem" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>'Geriatrics' - an old problem</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-08-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 August 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>On seeing the debate around the word 'geriatrics' inMay 2018, Dr Tak-Kwan Kong, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society sent us this editorial on 'packing geriatrics'. It was published in the Society's Journal in 1996. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Newsletters </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/the-journey-from-gerontologia-clinica-to-age-and-ageing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The journey from Gerontologia Clinica to Age and Ageing</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-08-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 August 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Mike Denham charts the journey of British Geriatric Medicine's journal, <em>Gerontologia Clinica</em> from its inception, when publishers dismissed geriatric medicine as 'unimportant', to the highly successful descendant, <em>Age and Ageing</em>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/doreen-norton-how-one-nurse-helped-to-stop-killer-bedsores" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Doreen Norton - How one nurse helped to stop killer bedsores</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-09-11T00:00:00+01:00">11 September 2012</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>“Moving a patient relieves bedsores:” it sounds obvious today, but it took the work of an innovative nurse in the 1950s working with a group of elderly patients to realise it. Bedsores, or pressure ulcers are lesions caused by a number of factors including unrelieved pressure.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/care-of-the-elderly-in-hospitalcommunity-the-hospitalhealth-advisory-services" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Care of the elderly in hospital/community: the Hospital/Health Advisory Services</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-02-11T00:00:00+00:00">11 February 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p><strong>“There is no doubt that the occasional scandal does an enormous amount for a social service.”</strong><br />  Sir Keith Joseph in the House of Commons 12/7/1971</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/victorian-philanthropists-philosophers-and-activists" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Victorian philanthropists, philosophers and activists</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> 27 May 2017 </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A potted pen picture of the philanthropists who fought to bring about a kinder and more egalitarian society</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/historical-context-leading-to-marjory-warrens-work" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Historical context leading to Marjory Warren's work</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> 24 Aug 2017 </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A description of the social context which gave rise to Marjory Warren’s assessment of 874 inmates of a large public assistance institution in West Middlesex in 1935.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/a-brief-history-of-the-care-of-the-elderly" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>A Brief History of the Care of the Elderly</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-06-23T00:00:00+01:00">23 June 2016</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/as-we-once-were-wartime-rationing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>As We Once Were: Wartime Rationing</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-11-14T00:00:00+00:00">14 November 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Before the Second World War, Britain was not self-sufficient in many materials. Less than one third of the food available in the UK at the start of the war was home produced and the country had to import some 20 million tons each year.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/as-we-once-were-the-wartime-emergency-medical-service-and-the-future-nhs-2" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>As we once were The wartime emergency medical service and the future NHS</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-11-08T00:00:00+00:00">08 November 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>When Mr Chamberlain announced on September 3rd 1939 that this country was at war with Germany, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) swung into action.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/the-way-we-once-were-the-sheldon-surveys-of-wolverhampton-and-the-birmingham-chronic-sick" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The way we once were The Sheldon Surveys of Wolverhampton and the Birmingham Chronic Sick Regional Hospitals, 1948 and 1961</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-11-08T00:00:00+00:00">08 November 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Developments which led to the establishment of the NHS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/overseas-trained-south-asian-doctors-and-the-development-of-geriatric-medicine" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Overseas-trained South Asian doctors and the development of geriatric medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> 19 Jun 2015 </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The role of immigrants from the Asian sub-continent in the development of geriatric medicine</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/charting-the-course-of-philanthropy-in-the-care-of-older-people" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Charting the course of philanthropy in the care of older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-04-02T00:00:00+01:00">02 April 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/as-we-once-were-prof-peter-townsend-1928-2009" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>As we once were - Prof. Peter Townsend (1928-2009)</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-05-16T00:00:00+01:00">16 May 2014</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/growing-old-in-common-lodgings" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Growing old in common lodgings</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-03-03T00:00:00+00:00">03 March 2014</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Originally lodging houses were designed to accommodate younger labourers who came to town to find work but were unable to travel to and from their own homes.  Gradually the population changed to include an increasing proportion of older men, particularly pensioners.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/as-we-were-in-the-early-post-war-years-the-1941-1945-hospital-surveys" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>As we were in the early post war years - The 1941-1945 hospital surveys</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00">20 December 2013</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In 1941 Ernest Brown, presented the House of Commons with the general principles on which the government proposed to base its post war hospital policy.  He was organising surveys of hospital services in England and Wales, which in the event took 4/5 years to complete.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/the-major-influences-in-geriatric-medicine" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The Major Influences in Geriatric Medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-10-22T00:00:00+01:00">22 October 2013</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/from-hippocrates-to-marjory-warren" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>From Hippocrates to Marjory Warren</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00">15 January 2013</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>It is widely assumed that geriatric medicine was an invention of the twentieth century. However, from the time of Hippocrates, there has been interest in the prolongation of the lifespan, the maintenance of health in old age and age related disease patterns.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/history-of-geriatric-medicine-in-the-uk-birth-of-the-bgs" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>History of geriatric medicine in the UK: birth of the BGS</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-09-18T00:00:00+01:00">18 September 2012</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Notes on the inaugural meeting of the Medical Society for the Care of the Elderly (later the British Geriatrics Society).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> History </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/resources/history-of-geriatric-medicine-in-the-uk-pioneers-of-geriatric-medicine" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>History of geriatric medicine in the UK: pioneers of geriatric medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-09-04T00:00:00+01:00">04 September 2012</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Marjory Warren created the first geriatric unit in the UK. 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