Prof Tash Masud at the #Leiden day for #medicine for older people

“Hippocrates was a #geriatrician”

😀 We are in good company!

#geriatrics

Defining the role and reach of a #geriatrician.

"...a standardised definition [...] based on expected competencies and roles..."

"...Many #care providers who dedicate a substantial part of their clinical efforts to the care of older people might consider themselves to be geriatricians without the appropriate credentials or without having completed any special #training..."

#Ageing #Aging #Health #MedMastodon #Medicine #Geriatrics #OlderPeople

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00170-3/fulltext

The #geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care

"...anticipation of #care options, multi-professional assessment, judicious and targeted #treatment, good #communication with patients and stakeholders and rigorous shared decision-making..."

#Health #Medicine #EndOfLife #Geriatrics #PalliativeCare #Frailty

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/50/2/366/6029716?login=true

Defining the role and reach of a #geriatrician

"...Only formal #training can ensure an adequate understanding of the #ageing process, appropriate assessments, and proper decisions when dealing with the clinical complexity of geriatric patients..."

#Geriatrics #Aging #Health #Medicine #Care

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00170-3/fulltext

Defining the role and reach of a #geriatrician

"A geriatrician is a medical #doctor who specialises in caring for older people and who formally possesses skills to assess and manage older people with #medical and #psychological issues, including #social consequences."

#Geriatrics #Care #Health #Aging #Medicine

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00170-3/fulltext

Defining the role and reach of a #geriatrician

"...Many medical doctors attend to older people with geriatric syndromes [...] but that does not make them geriatricians..."

#Geriatrics #Ageing #Aging #Medicine #Care #Health
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756824001703

Monoclonal anti‐amyloid antibodies for the treatment of #Alzheimer's disease and the hesitant #geriatrician.

“...The hesitant geriatrician may question the magnitude of these #drugs benefits and whether these benefits are worth their risks, but a well-informed patient may see these same data and want to pursue treatment [...] We as geriatricians need to be involved in every step of the appropriate use of these drugs..."

#Dementia #Neurology #Geriatrics #Care #Health

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18652?af=R

Interesting new piece reflecting the differing reception of new #Alzheimer's treatments among different subspecialties: Monoclonal Anti-amyloid Antibodies for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and the Hesitant Geriatrician

“The hesitant #geriatrician may question the magnitude of these drugs benefits and whether these benefits are worth their risks, but a well-informed patient may see these same data and want to pursue treatment. It is not despite but because of patients like these that we geriatricians need to be involved in every step of the appropriate use of these drugs.”

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18652?af=R