The 2010 Sir Brian Jarman Prize for the best Academic F2 project was won by Dr Shonella Singh for her project Interventions to optimise prescribing in care homes: a systematic review. This is an important topic because of the increasing number of older people who live in care homes. It is important that prescribing for this group of people is done to a high-standard to ensure that patients receive the drugs they need to improve their health and to reduce the risk of suffering adverse drug reactions.
Resources on brief physical activity guidance for older adults in isolation for patients and clinicians Giving Older Adults Brief Physical Activity Advice. Given current clinical pressures, clinicians dealing with older adults will likely have limited time, and this adapted 3As model may provide a possible structure to clinician’s advice. Ask: Permission to discuss physical activity as something that could make a difference to health and wellbeing Advise /Explain/Explore: Ask how they physical activity levels have changed and what they could do to increase it? Agree: A plan considering what they will do, how they will do it. Try to ensure that it includes some cardiovascular, muscle and bone strengthening activities including resistance exercises, balance and co-ordination elements to the plan. Cardiovascular : Ideally the individual should be slightly out of breath when performing the activity. Aim to build to 150 minutes
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