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class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/end-of-life-care-in-frailty-medicines-management" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>End of Life Care in Frailty: Medicines management</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-05-12T00:00:00+01:00">12 May 2020</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 BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the issue of polypharmacy at the end of life.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Clinical guidelines </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/covid-19-bgs-statement-on-research-for-older-people-during-the-covid-19-pandemic" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>COVID-19: BGS statement on research for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-03-30T00:00:00+01:00">30 March 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Research is an essential part of the global and UK strategy and response to COVID-19. This is the British Geriatrics Society statement on research for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Position statement </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/healthier-for-longer-how-healthcare-professionals-can-support-older-people" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Healthier for longer: How healthcare professionals can support older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-11-06T00:00:00+00:00">06 November 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report is intended to explore how messages of prevention and healthy ageing apply to a population group that may already be ill and frail, and to the healthcare professionals who care for them.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/frailty-in-older-people" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Frailty in older people</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-05-03T00:00:00+01:00">03 May 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This collection shows how far frailty has come, not just an abstract concept, but a condition with an established and important place in the healthcare of older 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