A two day hybrid course designed for a multi-professional audience of primary and secondary care staff. Accredited for 12 RCP CPD points.
Covers tier 2 of the Skills for Health Frailty Framework for Core Capabilities: “Health and social care staff and others who regularly work with people living with frailty but who would seek support from others for complex management or decision-making.”
Day one (provisional)
0915 Introduction to frailty
1000 Frailty identification and introduction to CGA
1100 coffee
1115 Dementia
1230 Lunch
1330 Ethical and Legal Aspects
1500 Coffee
1515 Delirium
1600 Close
Day two (provisional)
0900 Preventing Frailty
0925 Living Well with Frailty in the Community
1000 Falls and immobility
1045 Coffee
1100 Making person centred decisions
1145 Polypharmacy
1245 Lunch
1315 How to apply guidelines in the face of frailty
1400 Advance Care Planning
1500 Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - Bringing it All Together
1600 Feedback and Close