22‘THE FRAILTY JOURNEY – FROM EARLY RECOGNITION TO END OF LIFE’: AN INNOVATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING EVENT

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Aims: Frailty is recognised as a long term condition, affecting 14% of people over 60 and 65% of people over 90. The British Geriatrics Society has recognised the need for better identification of frailty and earlier intervention as one of their top priorities following the NHS Long Term Plan. Optimal management of frailty involves a multidisciplinary approach across primary and secondary care. We created a learning environment to: Improve knowledge of frailty among multidisciplinary team members across primary and secondary care. Develop confidence in identification and management of frailty. Build understanding of the role different professionals can play, and develop relationships to improve frailty management in our local area. Methods: A one-day teaching conference was held in March and repeated in October 2018 to groups of 70 participants from primary and secondary care services. Topics were linked by following the journey of a single fictional patient case study from early recognition of frailty through to end of life care including an interactive panel discussion. The most recent conference was filmed by the Acute Frailty Network (AFN) to make a short film for the AFN website. The teaching day has a Twitter presence @frailtyjourney, increasing the visibility of frailty. Results: Feedback was overwhelmingly positive describing the training as excellent, well-organised and relevant to daily practice and that the case-based learning was very effective. Across eight learning sessions 367/391 (94%) rated sessions at 8-10/10. Conclusions: This method of training was highly effective, relevant and well-received by participants. By using a single patient case study throughout we made sure that the message of the day was focused on patient needs, and the requirement for disparate services to come together to provide joined-up care. The course will be repeated on several planned dates in 2019 and aims to expand.

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