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Older People and Frailty

Our half-day online course where we explore key concepts and skills which are crucial in supporting our older patients - both at home and in nursing home settings. We explore real-life case scenarios and tools you can use at the surgery, on home visits or out in nursing homes.

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What we cover

  • What is normal ageing…and what isn’t?
  • The terrible triplets - Frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy
  • How to do a really good medication review and feel good about deprescribing
  • The three D’s of deterioration - Delirium, depression and dementia
  • Common primary care problems - Falls.

What you get

Watch anytime during your subscription
3 hours teaching
Fully chapterised course so you can dip in and out of topics
1 year access to the course on demand to learn any time it suits you
Pick up where you left off and re-watch sections as you like

Digital Handbook Access

Includes 1 year access to the Older People and Frailty handbook on Red Whale Knowledge - our library of online written resources. Use our Older People and Frailty articles and GEMS to support you in your practice and consolidate your learning from the course.

Learning the Red Whale way

We design our courses to be a little bit different to ones you might have booked or attended in the past!

  • Varied teaching styles to optimise engagement
  • Evidence based content and education tools enhance learning & delegate experience
  • Engaging content: stories, humour, cases, WhaleArt and more
  • Our presenters are practising GPs: they focus on getting learning into practice while understanding the realities of the day job!
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What our customers say about our courses

“ Very well delivered, clear and easy to understand concepts which will definitely benefit me in my role and I will be taking forward the information I have learned today and implementing it into my day to day practice. ”
— Care Co-ordinator, Older People and Frailty Course attendee
“ Great holistic overview interactive and resources to go deeper where you want to. As always well presented and evidenced based. ”
— GP, Older People and Frailty Course Attendee
“ Very informative and I feel the content was very appropriate for me, will help me with my role. ”
— Patient Care Facilitator, Older People and Frailty course attendee

Ready to buy our Older People and Frailty course?

On Demand Digital Course
Best Value
Red Whale Unlimited

£99

£420
Access to Older People and Frailty handbook
Older People and Frailty on demand for 1 year
CPD tracking and FourteenFish integration
Access to any live-hosted Older People and Frailty online events over a 1 year period
Hundreds of hours of short video bytes
Access to ALL Red Whale Online Courses
Red Whale Knowledge access for 1 year 900+ online written
resources