Lots of great work in @NHSLanarkshire on #Frailty and their work as a community multidisciplinary team. 👏👏
There is research evidence to back up what’s being done. GPs and Primary Care Teams can do this, but don’t have time so having the MDT is working well.
The team visited older people at home identified using the electronic Frailty Index. A word cloud illustrates some of what they do but there’s a lot more to it even than this!
Well that was truly awesome. A presentation from a medical student Maddie Pritchard from Aberdeen on the effects of social deprivation on outcomes for frail older patients.
A complex subject! #bgsconf#SDOH (social determinants of health).
I’ll tweet some of Maddie’s graphs. Some fascinating results, that aren’t straightforward to explain….
Check them out. It’s complicated because frail people in some parts of Scotland are younger than in some other parts. So judging outcomes related to age and frailty vs deprivation is complicated.