An educational day for GPs, which will provide practical, in-depth coverage of many aspects of old age and frailty. Organised by the Drug Safety Research Unit

Topics include:

  • Frailty: what can be done about it, how to measure it
  • Dementia: the perils of screening and the problem with pills
  • RCGP / Marie Curie UK Daffodil Standards: quality care during the last
    days of life
  • Osteoporosis and falls
  • Heart failure in older patients
  • Geriatric oncology

Course Leader:

Dr Paul Gallagher, Cork University Hospital and University College Cork