EPISODE · Mar 10, 2021 · 47 MIN
Frailty with Claire Norman
from Pre-Hospital Care Podcast · host Eoin Walker
Claire is a registered Nurse and Paramedic working as a frailty coordinator at Brook Green Medical Centre, London (HAFP Primary Care Network) with Dr Anna Wilson (Lead GP) and Dr Emily Eve as part of a frailty team. She also sits on the College of Paramedics Committee for primary and urgent care specialist interest group. Claire works as a part community matron as well as a registered paramedic and receives referrals to both support and link the patient into appropriate care pathways. In this episode Claire and Caroline discuss the definition of frailty, contributing factors and the sequelae of neurological disorders contributing to frailty. Clare also discusses baselines of health and the phenotype model and the cumulative deficit model. Caroline also talks about the fall decision tool and frailty syndrome. Please enjoy this episode with an insightful guest. For more on frailty please see the links below: https://www.bgs.org.uk/ British Geriatric Society https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mdtea-podcast/id1073719746 MDTea Podcast https://www.rcem.ac.uk/ Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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Claire is a registered Nurse and Paramedic working as a frailty coordinator at Brook Green Medical Centre, London (HAFP Primary Care Network) with Dr Anna Wilson (Lead GP) and Dr Emily Eve as part of a frailty team. She also sits on the College of Paramedics Committee for primary and urgent care specialist interest group. Claire works as a part community matron as well as a registered paramedic and receives referrals to both support and link the patient into appropriate care pathways. In this episode Claire and Caroline discuss the definition of frailty, contributing factors and the sequelae of neurological disorders contributing to frailty. Clare also discusses baselines of health and the phenotype model and the cumulative deficit model. Caroline also talks about the fall decision tool and frailty syndrome. Please enjoy this episode with an insightful guest. For more on frailty please see the links below: https://www.bgs.org.uk/ British Geriatric Society https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mdtea-podcast/id1073719746 MDTea Podcast https://www.rcem.ac.uk/ Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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