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class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-10-18T00:00:00+01:00">18 October 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This section of the Research Hub provides an introduction to the topic and looks at how and why to get involved in geriatric medicine research.</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-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/peer-review-in-age-and-ageing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Peer review in Age and Ageing</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" 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This section discusses the different origins and approaches to QI.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/ageing-meets-kidney-disease" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Ageing Meets Kidney Disease</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-07-12T00:00:00+01:00">12 July 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Learn more on the importance of diagnosis and managing chronic kidney disease in older adults through this collection from <em>Age and Ageing</em> in collaboration with the ERA journals <em>Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation</em> (NDT) and<em> Clinical Kidney Journal</em> (CKJ).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/AAAdesprescribing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Appropriate deprescribing in older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Older people are often taking several medications, but regular review of their benefits or risks is as of yet not part of standard care. This themed collection aims to improve patient outcomes and the sustainability of deprescribing approaches.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/urgent-care-for-older-people" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Urgent care for older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>How best to deliver geriatric care across the whole hospital? This collection outlines key articles that are attempting to develop solutions to this challenging conundrum. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/age-and-ageing-collection-movement-disorders" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Age and Ageing collection: Movement disorders</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Movement disorders are a diverse and challenging group of neurological conditions. Geriatricians and allied health professionals play a key role in the care of patients living with these disorders. Age and Ageing is making freely available online a collection of 15 papers which highlight the breadth and depth of this field. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/delirium-research-education-and-practice" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Delirium research, education, and practice</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Delirium research and clinical care has seen great strides in the last decade. This collection provides an overview of the range of research in delirium covering prevention and prediction, interventions and their health economic evaluations, outcomes following delirium, and clinical application in a review of the recent SIGN guidelines.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/qualitative-research-in-age-and-ageing" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Qualitative research in Age and Ageing</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-04-20T00:00:00+01:00">20 April 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This themed collection 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class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Age and Ageing collection: Care Homes</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-19T00:00:00+01:00">19 October 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The Age and Ageing care home collection and commentary draws together important papers that show how our journal is helping to shape and grow care home research.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/webinar-recording-north-west-region-july-webinar" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Webinar Recording: North West Region July Webinar</h3> 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