Transforming Acute Care for Frail Older People: Recognising and Responding to Frailty

Transforming Acute Care for Frail Older People: Recognising and Responding to Frailty is organized by Healthcare (HC) - UK Conferences and will be held on Jan 14, 2019 at De Vere West One, London, England, United Kingdom.

This conference focuses on the important issue of transforming acute care for people with frailty: improving the quality of care for people with frailty and supporting them to stay out of hospital. Redesign of acute frailty services is crucial to meeting increasing demand and improving the quality of life for older people.

This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve acute care for frail older people
• Learn from outstanding practice in developing dedicated frailty services
• Reflect on national developments and learning
• Improve the way you support people with frailty
• Develop your skills in identifying and diagnosing frailty
• Understand how you can improve the response to emergency admissions
• Identify key strategies for preventing unnecessary hospital admission
• Learn from the delivery of a frailty improvement programme in acute care
• Understand how to improve the training and education of frontline staff to support frail older people on the ward
• Ensure frailty presenting as falls is effectively identified and managed
• Improve prescribing and reduce polypharmacy
• Reflect on how we can improve end of life care and planning for people with advanced frailty
• Self-assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain cpd accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence.