News and updates from today's Transforming Acute Care for Older People Living with Frailty conference
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction: Changing care systems for people with frailty
Dr David Hunt
Clinical Director for Medicine for Older People & Neurosciences
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• frailty: national direction and recommendations from Getting it Right First Time in Geriatrics
• agreeing care standards: the need for a co-ordinated frailty strategy
• developing an effective frailty system & same day emergency care
• identifying frailty early through systematic assessment
• effective use of data, leadership within the new structures, clinical qualit improvement within hospital trusts and quality improvement at the interface with the community
Supporting older people to live well with frailty
Dr Lis Boulton
Health and Care Policy Manager
Age UK
• frailty as a lived experience – listening to older people
• the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on living with frailty
• working with the voluntary sector to improve experiences