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We are the journal of the British Geriatrics Society. Publishing applied and clinical research on human ageing. We place particular emphasis on material which will be of immediate interest to clinicians.

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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Understanding how and at what age disease burden accumulates across the population is an important part of preparing for a future in which living into the 90s and even to 100 will become increasingly common. www.bgs.org.uk/do-we-ever-s...
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Do we ever stop accumulating diseases as we age? | British Geriatrics Society
Karin Modig is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet and leads their Ageing and Health research group. Their research uses population-based data to understand how health and dis...
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The British Geriatrics Society is seeking an exceptional Editor-in-Chief to lead their new launch medical journal. This is a rare opportunity to build a world-class journal that attracts high-quality research and makes a lasting impact on the global research community www.bgs.org.uk/editor-in-ch...
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Editor-In-Chief of Age and Ageing Advances journal | British Geriatrics Society
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is seeking an exceptional Editor-in-Chief (EiC) to lead the launch of a new medical journal.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Comparing sarcopenia prevalence and rough case estimates across 36 countries to examine individual- and country-level factors and obtain a more consistent baseline for future cross-country comparisons of sarcopenia prevalence www.bgs.org.uk/a-more-compa...
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A more comparable picture of sarcopenia across 36 countries | British Geriatrics Society
Simu Huang and Chihua Li share a blog inspired by their recent Age and Ageing article.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The British Geriatrics Society is seeking an exceptional Editor-in-Chief to lead their new launch medical journal. This is a rare opportunity to build a world-class journal that attracts high-quality research and makes a lasting impact on the global research community www.bgs.org.uk/editor-in-ch...
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Editor-In-Chief of Age and Ageing Advances journal | British Geriatrics Society
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is seeking an exceptional Editor-in-Chief (EiC) to lead the launch of a new medical journal.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hospital at Home - what does the evidence tell us? This expert commentary published today describes the emerging research and how it could influence evidenced-based practice and policy. www.bgs.org.uk/hospital-at-...
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What is known about digital literacy, digital inclusion and attitudes to digital health tools among older people? Watch this 2-min video summarising the findings of the systematic review published in Age and Ageing journal www.bgs.org.uk/digital-heal...
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Digital health tools are transforming healthcare, but are they transforming it for older people? | British Geriatrics Society
Amelia Paveley and Harriet Hall's blog is inspired by their systematic review article in Age and Ageing.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Congratulations to #WorldFallsCongress and safe travels home from Manchester to all the attendees. May we leave you with some weekend reading: Associations of accelerometer-derived ‘weekend warrior’ physical activity pattern with incident sarcopenia and falls doi.org/10.1093/agei...
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Attendees of #WorldFallsCongress may already know of the GERONTACCESS telemedicine programme. This RCT shows it is a cost-effective way to reduce the number of falls among care home residents and delay the timing of the first fall
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We understand the value and challenge of including older people in clinical trials and offer expert peer review for RCTs such as: Tailored implementation of national recommendations on falls prevention amongst older adults. FALLPREVENT doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Age and Ageing journal provides expert peer review of qualitative research methods, such as: Acceptability, appropriateness and costs of a tailored implementation strategy for the national falls prevention recommendations. The FALLPREVENT trial doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The cost-effectiveness of the stopping elderly accidents, deaths and injuries options randomised quality improvement trial to prevent falls among older adults doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We should be screening for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in all older adults at risk of falling: a commentary on the World Falls Guidelines doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Transfer of falls research findings into practice can be limited by investment and scale-up challenges. This short read takes a systems approach to fall prevention using SEIPS, AcciMap and HTA findings from patient safety specialists doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Further reading for #WorldFallsCongress an RCT comparing the impact of active floor-rise training with video demonstration on fear of falling and independent floor-rise ability in older adults living in the community
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The World Falls Guideline remains one of the highly cited and downloaded articles in Age and Ageing journal and we are delighted to have published several commentaries, insights and applications arising from this seminal work (thread) doi.org/10.1093/agei... #WorldFallsCongress
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Best wishes to everyone at #WorldFallsCongress at Manchester from Age and Ageing journal! Hot off the press is this related research: Implementation of the Ironbark falls prevention program: a mixed methods process evaluation with Aboriginal communities
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Best practice for pragmatic prescribing: Woodford et al. offer pragmatic prescribing guidance for moderate-to-severe frailty, prioritising goals of care, deprescribing and reduced medication harm
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Best practice in pragmatic prescribing for older people with moderate to severe frailty
Abstract. Polypharmacy is common among older people. Optimal prescribing balances medicine-related benefits and potential harms. People with moderate to se
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Modern digital health platforms can democratize frailty prevention for older people. Dollard et al. show digital behaviour-change tools can engage over-60s, support lifestyle change and scale frailty prevention into homes
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A hybrid type 1 trial of a digital behaviour change intervention for frailty prevention in community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years and older
AbstractAims. This hybrid type 1 randomised controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness and implementation of a digital behaviour change intervention (DBC
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Seeley et al. show delirium is often missed in primary care out of hours services, delaying treatment and raising risks of complications, institutionalisation and death
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Identifying delirium in older adults presenting to a primary care out-of-hours (OOH) service: a retrospective cohort study
AbstractIntroduction. Out-of-hours (OOH) services provide urgent primary care outside normal General Practice (GP) hours, serving patients who cannot wait
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Symptoms of delirium commonly present to primary care out of hours services but this study from Seeley et al shows delirium is often missed, delaying intervention and increasing risks of complications, institutionalisation and mortality.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Supporting multilingual dementia carers: Lessons from the Draw-Care Trial. Ensuring that interventions, particularly online services, are inclusive of multilingual carers will be critical for equitable and meaningful support for older people and their carers www.bgs.org.uk/supporting-m...
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Supporting multilingual dementia carers: Lessons from the Draw-Care Trial | British Geriatrics Society
A blog by Bianca Brijnath, which is inspired by her Age and Ageing journal article.
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Delirium is a mirror of vulnerability and cognitive decline. @rosespenfold.bsky.social et al frame delirium not as a transient symptom, but as a critical event that can accelerate frailty, cognitive decline and loss of independence in older adults
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Delirium: more than a marker of baseline vulnerability
Delirium has long been regarded as a mere epiphenomenon arising from baseline vulnerability interacting with acute illness. A common view is that it is an
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Real-World Validation and Pragmatic Tools. Lu et al. provide real-world evidence that self-assessed intrinsic capacity can identify older adults at high risk before severe decline emerges
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Global ageing—more than a challenge of numbers. @macesari.bsky.social et al argue that intrinsic capacity & frailty are not competing concepts, but complementary tools for modern geriatric care linking early prevention, functional reserve & risk stratification across care
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As temperatures rise, so too will heat-related harm unless we act decisively. A system under heat: care homes, frailty and climate vulnerability doi.org/10.1093/agei...
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A system under heat: care homes, frailty and climate vulnerability
The growing impact of climate change on health systems is no longer a distant concern but a present and escalating challenge. Nowhere is this more evident
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Heat-related deaths in social care in England: can the Care Quality Commission ratings system be used to identify care homes that would benefit most from heat adaptation measures? doi.org/10.1093/agei...
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Heat-related deaths in social care in England: can the Care Quality Commission ratings system be used to identify care homes that would benefit most from heat adaptation measures?
AbstractBackground. The health impacts of rising temperatures in care home settings are of growing concern. We seek to characterise the risk of heat-relate
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Great to see this work being picked up, and recognition of the experience of older carers. read the full research paper here: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic... @gerisoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
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Association between becoming a carer in later life and changes in the trajectory of cognitive function: results from the English longitudinal study of ageing
Abstract. The influence of becoming a carer on cognitive function presents a complex picture. Variations in intensity, recipients and locations of caring m
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Heavy caring responsibilities reduce brain function for people aged 50 & over, whereas light caring duties can actually be beneficial to middle-aged and older people’s mental abilities, new research led by Dr @baowenxue.bsky.social from @ucliehc.bsky.social finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows
Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The new BMJ app: BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager is currently freely available to all healthcare professionals who work for the NHS in England, Scotland and Wales. It can support your practice and learning www.bgs.org.uk/real-world-c...
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Real world clinical decision support | British Geriatrics Society
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Heat-related deaths in social care in England - Age and Ageing highlight | British Geriatrics Society
Climate change and the resulting increase in the number and intensity of heatwaves experienced in the UK are having a profound effect on the mortality rates of nursing and care home residents, a new s...
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New horizons: disrupted brain energy metabolism as a driver of delirium.
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New horizons: disrupted brain energy metabolism as a driver of delirium
Abstract. Delirium is a highly prevalent neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by acute inattention, altered arousal and impaired cognition. Cerebral ene
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The BGS Spring Meeting is tomorrow! Don't miss out - register now: buff.ly/RQeSgRg
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Best practice assessment and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in older adults. academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
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Best practice assessment and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in older adults
Abstract. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common and disabling condition, with prevalence increasing with advancing age. It typically caus
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Detecting delirium in Parkinson’s disease: an evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of bedside tools. academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
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Detecting delirium in Parkinson’s disease: an evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of bedside tools
AbstractBackground. Delirium is a serious, acute neuropsychiatric condition associated with fluctuating attention and altered arousal. Delirium in Parkinso
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The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This clinical trial assessing the safety and experience of older people transitioning from hospital to home has been awarded the prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize buff.ly/gQY4pCD
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