Position Statements
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine is committed to developing policy and practice relevant to geriatric medicine. This includes Position Statements on specific geriatric issues which have been approved by the Federal Council.
Provided as downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
- Elder
Abuse - Revision of original paper
Dr Susan Kurrle 5 September 2003 - Physical
Restraint Use in Older People - Revision 2005
Drs Barbara Sabangan, Benny Katz, Prof Leon Flicker 19 June 2005 - Geriatric Services in General Hospitals - Revision New
Revision by Professor Len Gray and Dr Alison Cutler 2008
Original Paper - Professor Len Gray and Dr Michael Dorevitch. - Education
and Training in Geriatric Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Students
Revision of original paper
Revision by Dr Vasi Naganathan - 29 March 2006
Original Paper - Professor Paul Finucane - Orthogeriatric
Care - Revision of original paper
Associate Professor Ian Cameron 14 November 2004 - Under-Nutrition and the Older Person Revision 2007
Assoc Professor Renuka Visvanathan 7 September 2007 - Immunisation
of Older People - Revision of original paper
Assoc. Professor Michael Woodward 9 November 2004 - Geriatric
Assessment and Community Practice
Dr Craig Whitehead and Dr Robert Penhall June 2000 - Medical
Care for People in Residential Aged Care Facilities
Dr Sam Scherer 8 October 2001 - Residential
Aged Care from the Geriatricians Perspective
Dr Sam Scherer 8 October 2001 - Driving and Dementia - Revision of original paper New
Revision by Professor Ian Cameron September 2009
Original Paper - Dr Jane Hecker and Dr Carol Snellgrove - Dysphagia
and Aspiration in Older People
Professor Daniel Chan, Dr Stephen Phoon and Dr Elaine Yeoh - 26 April 2004 - Delirium
in Older People
Dr Sean Maher - 14 September 2005 - Guidelines for the Management of Older Persons Presenting to Emergency Departments
Dr Lucy Kilshaw - May 2008
(Footnote - acknowledgement to Dr Philip Street for earlier contribution)
15. Discharge Planning
Dr Wen Kwang Lim, Dr Carol Chong, A/Prof Gideon Caplan, and Prof Len Gray - December 2008
16 Palliative Care for the Older Person
Dr Jonathan Marriott and Dr Juli Moran - June 2009
17
Indigenous Ageing in Australia New
Dr Edward Strivens - September 2009
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE
A joint statement of the Faculty of Old Age of the Royal Australian and
New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
DEFINITION OF A GERIATRICIAN
Dr John Obeid - 19 June 2005
EXTERNAL LINKS TO GUIDELINES
A Guide for Assessing Older People in Hospitals
This guide was commissioned by Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) as a practical
resource to assist medical, nursing and allied health professionals working with older people within
a hospital setting.
Acute
hospital care of the older person document
This paper was prepared by the Greater Metropolitan Transition Taskforce: an advisory
body to the NSW Minister for Health
Guideline
for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons
American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society and
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention
Practical approaches for assessing older people
Canadian
Family
Physician In-office evaluation of medical fitness to drive.
TOPICS AND MENTORS AVAILABLE FOR
ADVANCED TRAINEE CO-AUTHORSHIP PROJECTS
Table of Issues
- see extract from April 2005 Newsletter - updated 6/6/06
Summary Sheets
Last updated September 2009
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