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class="card-body"> <p>In addition to the professional groups listed below, the Society acknowledges the broad scope of geriatric care. Many geriatricians, nurses and therapists have, in addition to the broad spectrum of expertise in medicine and care of older patients, chosen to practise or research specific clinical and management areas.  The Society's Special Interest Groups (SIGS) include a range or sub-specialisms from anaemia to community geriatrics. The SIGs respond to government consultation documents, and publish guidelines and policy statements. </p> <p>The SIGs include physicians, scientists and allied health professionals both within and outside the BGS. Through its SIGs the Society offers advice to government agencies, drawing on a wide range of expertise. They serve as the Society’s source of clinical innovation, deriving and maintaining high standards of clinical care, and disseminating specialist knowledge.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="card-view"> <div class="content-section-row-block"><div class="view view-groups view-id-groups view-display-id-professions section-row match-heights row-max-4 view-card-default-palette view-dom-id-607a939d568bc1e9b8ec5b9c854d4572"> <div class="view-header"> <h2><div class="card-title">Professions</div></h2> </div> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <article id="node-3324" class="node node-group" about="/nurse-and-ahps-council" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/nurse-and-ahps-council" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-04-20/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20032.jpg?itok=-0vh-fq7&c=22d4f43ed58f21a1aa448ecd5b907512" alt="Nurses are an essential element in older people's care" title="Nurses in the multi-disciplinary team" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Nurse and AHPs Council </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> The BGS Nurse and Allied Health Professions (NAHPs) Council is a forum for the engagement and participation of Nurses and AHPs in the Society’s mission to improve healthcare for older people. The Council is committed to raising the voice of the individuals and the professions it represents. </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <article id="node-4186" class="node node-group" about="/trainees-council-0" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/trainees-council-0" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-05-10/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20171.jpg?itok=qOGHrPDr&c=645bec7cc0759d6191a17e2b7848f8cb" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Trainees Council </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Our Trainees group represent the ideas and opinions of trainees within the BGS. We provide a forum for the discussion of issues relevant to the trainees; engage with students and junior doctors interested in pursuing geriatric medicine as their specialty and encourage the effective training of future geriatricians.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-6633" class="node node-group" about="/CPCgroup" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/CPCgroup" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/paragraphs/text/images/2022-02-11/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20533_0.jpg?itok=uGwHV7X9&c=9576bc904f2395f307f914fc50aa1ea3" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Community and Primary Care Group </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The majority of interactions older people have in relation to their health take place in primary and community care. The BGS Community and Primary Care Group has been formed in response to an increasingly strong emphasis on care closer to home for older people, with the aim of reducing avoidable hospital admission and the associated risk of potential harms such as deconditioning and delayed discharge. </p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article id="node-5761" class="node node-group" about="/rehabilitation-group" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/rehabilitation-group" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2020-06-01/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20439.jpg?itok=384di3JG&c=850a92f3f9f03866ac8b3791ddc2656e" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Rehabilitation Group </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Rehabilitation Group is a task and finish group assembled to address the issues surrounding rehabilitation and loss of function as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-4334" class="node node-group" about="/researchers-and-academics" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/researchers-and-academics" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-06-06/BGS%20Spring%20Meet%202017%20%20130.jpg?itok=b9PCfUl6&c=8aea460835a11c2c6ff43ffbe8d36d47" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Researchers and Academics </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>One of our primary goals is to promote high quality research into the health and wellbeing of older people. Encouraging and disseminating research is overseen by our Research and Academic Committee. They develop resources for prospective and experienced researchers and maintain our Research Centres map. </p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article id="node-473" class="node node-group" about="/retired-members-group" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/retired-members-group" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-05-16/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20403.jpg?itok=ss74Xtzl&c=804b272e082c0a71f3e417cedf092d7c" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Retired Members' Group </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Are you retiring from active practice, or have you retired? There is no need to end your relationship with the British Geriatrics Society. There are favourable membership rates for retired members and annual activities for retired BGS members and their partners</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-4669" class="node node-group" about="/medical-students" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/medical-students" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-09-20/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20122.jpg?itok=8RCMmjRy&c=84187e414a343cd807675fe5d02fd558" alt="Medical Students welcome" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Medical Students </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The British Geriatrics Society welcomes medical students as members. Meet geriatricians of international renown. Network with researchers and explore collaborations. Membership of the BGS is absolutely free to medical students.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <article id="node-5958" class="node node-group" about="/carehomes" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/carehomes" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2020-10-05/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20310.jpg?itok=wV99z_4m&c=90fa052d5b10855412bdd01dcf66301f" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Care Homes Group </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Care Homes Group has been formed in response to the growing interest in the specific issues relating to older people living in residential care.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-6333" class="node node-group" about="/sas-grade-members" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/sas-grade-members" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2021-06-30/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20252.jpg?itok=LNfCkBYO&c=a6dd929d81bdfdf48d08c8c7f1bba0c0" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> SAS Grade Members </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors are senior physicians with at least four years' postgraduate training, including two or more within the specialty.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <article id="node-7581" class="node node-group" about="/pharmacy-professionals-group" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/pharmacy-professionals-group" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2024-09-17/BGS%20-%20Aug%202016%20-%20482.jpg?itok=1VdsacyR&c=64a02f8abc5feee98470762f8acc06bb" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Pharmacy Professionals Group </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Pharmacy Group represents pharmacists among the BGS membership. Frailty, pharmacy, medicines management and deprescribing are increasingly relevant in older adults' care, and this BGS group, alongside the Medicines Optimisation Special Interest Group (SIG), aim to support professionals involved in this area of care.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="card-view-1"> <div class="content-section-row-block"><div class="view view-groups view-id-groups view-display-id-special_interest section-row match-heights row-max-6 view-card-default-palette view-dom-id-4ae3c9ec40f9574c1ee64e7a0aacdb0e"> <div class="view-header"> <h2><div class="card-title">Special interest groups</div></h2> </div> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <article id="node-389" class="node node-group" about="/anaemia" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/anaemia" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Anaemia.png?itok=NYEHcIur&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Anaemia" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Anaemia </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Established in 2017, this Special Interest Group deals with the disorders that may arise in the older person with anaemia.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <article id="node-3306" class="node node-group" about="/bladder-and-bowel-health" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/bladder-and-bowel-health" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Bladder%20and%20Bowel%20Health.png?itok=tz4XOrSq&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Bladder and Bowel Health" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Bladder and Bowel Health </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Incontinence is a major issue in geriatric medicine, but remains a neglected area of many older people's healthcare.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3326" class="node node-group" about="/cardiovascular" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/cardiovascular" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Cardiovascular.png?itok=wh2Dtq6w&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Cardiovascular" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Cardiovascular </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Promotes links with the British Cardiac Society and other medical societies with a cardiac interest. </p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article id="node-3314" class="node node-group" about="/dementia-delirium-and-brain-health" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/dementia-delirium-and-brain-health" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Dementia%20and%20Related%20Disorders.png?itok=u0PKQg1A&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Dementia, Delirium and Brain Health </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Provides a forum for discussion about dementia and links to other professional groups working in the field of dementia and related disorders.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3318" class="node node-group" about="/digital-health" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/digital-health" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Telemedicine.png?itok=ib7NzZ3e&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Digital Health" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Digital Health </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Telemedicine is rapidly evolving. We want to ensure that older people are not disaffected by a technology-centred treatment pathway that neglects their clinical ability to benefit.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article id="node-5701" class="node node-group" about="/end-of-life-care" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/end-of-life-care" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2020-05-07/end_of_life_care_-_card.png?itok=Nys_RN0X&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="End of Life Care" title="End of Life Care" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> End of Life Care </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Launched in 2020, this special interest group aims to promote good end of life care for older people.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3311" class="node node-group" about="/ethics-and-law" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/ethics-and-law" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Ethics%20and%20Law.png?itok=XOD04frd&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Ethics and Law" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Ethics and Law </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A forum within the Society for debate on ethical and legal issues. It informs BGS policy on matters such as Deprivation of Liberty (DoLs) and assisted dying.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <article id="node-268" class="node node-group" about="/falls-and-bone-health" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/falls-and-bone-health" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Falls%20and%20Bone%20Health.png?itok=qqk1gHSh&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Falls and Bone Health" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Falls and Bone Health </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This SIG acts as a focus for multidisciplinary interest and expertise on fall prevention and bone health.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3312" class="node node-group" about="/frailty-in-urgent-care-settings" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/frailty-in-urgent-care-settings" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Frailty%20in%20Urgent%20Care%20Settings.png?itok=xERjc6zs&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Frailty in Urgent Care Settings" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Frailty in Urgent Care Settings </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Set up in 2017, the group aims to improve care for older people in urgent care settings (emergency departments and acute hospital care).</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <article id="node-3315" class="node node-group" about="/gastroenterologynutrition" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/gastroenterologynutrition" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Gastro-enterology%20and%20Clinical%20Nutrition.png?itok=n1Xw9DP-&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Gastroenterology/Nutrition </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This group provides a focus for those in elderly care who have a particular interest in gastro-enterological and nutritional problems.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3309" class="node node-group" about="/medicine-optimisation" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/medicine-optimisation" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Drugs%20and%20Prescribing.png?itok=49AJjFdM&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Medicine Optimisation" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Medicine Optimisation </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>For BGS members and non-members interested in practice and research in clinical pharmacology and the therapeutics of ageing.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <article id="node-3325" class="node node-group" about="/movement-disorders" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/movement-disorders" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Movement%20Disorders.png?itok=NuMHVcdW&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Movement Disorders" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Movement Disorders </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Formerly known as the Parkinson's Disease Section, this SIG now covers Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration, Essential Tremor, Dystonia and other related disorders. It is also under auspices of this SIG, that the increasingly popular Parkinson's Masterclasses are held. It also offers annual essay prizes - open to students of medicine, nursing and therapy.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <article id="node-3316" class="node node-group" about="/oncology" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/oncology" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Oncology.png?itok=wltDyumE&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Geriatric Oncology" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Oncology </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As people live longer, cancer is no longer a death sentence for older people. Outside groups increasingly consult us on the treatment options for older people with cancer.</p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <article id="node-383" class="node node-group" about="/perioperative-care-of-older-people-undergoing-surgery" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/perioperative-care-of-older-people-undergoing-surgery" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Peri-operative%20care%20of%20Older%20People%20undergoing%20Surgery.png?itok=s2P67otw&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Perioperative care of Older People undergoing Surgery </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This Special Interest Group was launched in March 2012 against a background of increasing numbers of older people undergoing and benefiting from surgery. The object of the group is to encourage research and models of care which improve outcomes by optimising physical, psychosocial and functional well-being, prior to and following surgery, in older surgical patients. </p> </div> </div> <div class="card-footer"> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <article id="node-3313" class="node node-group" about="/sarcopenia-and-frailty-research" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <a href="/sarcopenia-and-frailty-research" class="card"> <div class="card-image-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/800-16x9/public/content/group/images/2018-10-11/Sarcopenia%20and%20Frailty%20Research.png?itok=BMdT7RVx&c=ae0d9e98dd6cf6a6f935342a811bede4" alt="Sarcopenia and Frailty Research" /> </div> </div> <div class="card-text"> <h3><div class="card-title-field"> Sarcopenia and Frailty Research </div> </h3> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Sarcopenia has emerged as a key topic in geriatric medicine. 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