Miles Witham

Interested in improving how we can improve delivery of resistance exercise for older people with sarcopenia or frailty? Come and hear from some of the teams who participated in BEPOP wave 2!

@gerisoc.bsky.social @agilecsp.bsky.social @vickigphysio.bsky.social @susanneka.bsky.social

Five recommendations for funders of ageing-related research | British Geriatrics Society

Read our five recommendations for funders of ageing-related research, based on our landscape report, on the @gerisoc.bsky.social blog: www.bgs.org.uk/five-recomme...
#FundingForAgeingWell #AgeingRelatedResearch

I’m recruiting a Qualitative Research Associate to join our TraPCAf team at Newcastle University - full time fixed term until 31.08.26 - further info available at jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... - please share and get in touch with any questions!

Great to see this out and thank you to all the sites participating in BEPOP! Wave 3 data collection nearly ready to start... @newcastleage.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Great to see this out and thank you to all the sites participating in BEPOP! Wave 3 data collection nearly ready to start... @newcastleage.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Most of my career has consisted of publishing null results (although I think it's easier to do this in some disciplines than in others)...

@donnawakefield.bsky.social any ideas?

Many thanks to contributions from all authors and others who provided valuable feedback on drafts. @amergeriatrics.bsky.social #geriatrics #DEImatters

@oldertrialsprof.bsky.social

@oldertrialsprof.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
this aligns with some of the things we were talking about earlier

Do you work in or with care homes?

The NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Community Healthcare are collecting perspectives, opinions and ideas about how technology can support and shape the care delivered in care homes.

Please take 10 minutes to give your thoughts: forms.office.com/e/4tnrpKhLgy

It’s time to hear about Benchmarking Exercise Prescription in Older People - BEPOP from @susanneka.bsky.social, Dr Alex Cropp, Dr Samantha Hartley and Sarah De Biase. #AddingLifeToYears #AGILEconf25

Incredible scenes from our conference! Thank you all for coming, see you in 2027 😉 #AGILEconf27

Now it’s time for the Academy Excellence Awards. Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters, Chair of Trustees, is in conversation with last year’s winners.

The winner of the Senior Leader Award, Professor Vicki Goodwin MBE from the University of Exeter, receiving her Excellence Award. “If I can see it and believe it, then I can be it.”

An ongoing national project, the Benchmarking Exercise Prescription for Older People (BEPOP) project team are updating us on all things BEPOP in just a few weeks time at our conference. Buy tickets here: tinyurl/com/AgileCon... #AddingLifeToYears #AGILEConf25

Guests networking at the launch event

Professor Liz Sampson, Dr Irini Kounoupias and Nicola Handley with a printed copy of the 'Delirium Matters' report. 

We've launched our new report 🎉

Led by @proflizsampson.bsky.social, 'Delirium Matters: priorities and opportunities for health and social care policy in England’ has 5 urgent recommendations to improve delirium care in England.

📕 Full report: shorturl.at/pio7T
📝 Policy brief: shorturl.at/khrCT

Great to see our systematic review of delirium detection tools used in routine care featured in the JAGS Top 10 studies of 2024:
www.americangeriatrics.org/publications...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
@agsjournal.bsky.social @amaclullich.bsky.social

BEPOP (benchmarking exercise programme for older people) logo white on blue

Interested in how we can improve resistance exercise training for older people with #sarcopenia or #frailty? Our national BEPOP benchmarking project team will be presenting results from the second wave of data collection at the AGILE conference in May! Sign up here: www.tinyurl.com/AgileConf2025

@newcastleage.bsky.social team at @gerisoc.bsky.social conference - showcasing our work on #sarcopenia intervention selection. Help shape our research on what a good sarcopenia intervention looks like! forms.office.com/e/HN1F1tGGhc

Really interesting talk from Prof Alex Trompeter about new BOAst guidelines on weight bearing.
Makes very interesting point that we know weight bearing is so beneficial in hip fractures but why do we so often restrict it in other lower limb fractures?

#BGSconf

How do we bridge the workforce gaps in delivering future care for an ageing population, closer to home?

@gerisoc.bsky.social Rising star for Research @abijhall.bsky.social tells #BGSconf how #AHPs and support workers are key to delivering this— AHP community #Research 🔑🔑

📻 Podcast! 📻
The Lancet Healthy Longevity in conversation with our very own @oldertrialsprof.bsky.social discussing the findings from our MET-PREVENT #clinicaltrial and the importance of designing clinical trials for #olderpeople

@nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

www.thelancet.com/multimedia/p...

Our NIHR Newcastle BRC funded MET-PREVENT trial now published - no improvement in physical performance or quality of life with 4 maths of metformin in older people with sarcopenia and frailty (but lots of side effects) @nihr.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Congratulations Asan and nice to see you enjoying WA!

Some disparate thoughts on a horrifying day American leadership is over. Ukraine has been betrayed. What happens next is up to us.

Ukraine: Some disparate thoughts on a horrifying day...

This is basically a scream of hatred and anguish, which gradually develops into something marginally more positive.

I'm going to have a drink. It's not too early.

iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...

❗BIG news! 🗞️ Following 2023's success, our national conference is happening in Nottingham on the 16th and 17th May! 🤩 More details to follow... ⭐

Vacancy: BGS Social and Digital Media Editor (Volunteer Member Role) | British Geriatrics Society The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is looking for an enthusiastic and creative BGS member to take on the honorary position of Social and Digital Media Editor (SDME). If you are working in older peop...

There's a @gerisoc.bsky.social social media editor vacancy. Be great opportunity for a dynamic individual. And personally hopeing for some reduced X activity and increased Bluesky activity!
www.bgs.org.uk/vacancy-bgs-...

Welcome Lindsay! Kinder here, although quieter too...