Register Interest
May 3, 2020 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWant to know more? If you are interested in deploying the Training and Toolkit in your area or organisation, please contact help@frailtytoolkit.org or... View Article
Author Archives for David Seymour
NHS RightCare Frailty Toolkit
June 6, 2019 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsThis NHS RightCare toolkit draws together expert practical advice and guidance on how to commission and provide the best system... View Article
CGA in Primary Care Settings Toolkit
February 8, 2019 4:24 pm Leave your thoughts“The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, notes that the NHS needs to help older people living with... View Article
Sutton’s Red Bag Initiative
August 21, 2018 10:44 am Leave your thoughtsBased on Sutton’s Red Bag initiative, this NHS England / NHS Improvement Quick Guide aims to help local health and... View Article
Picker Report on education and training
August 21, 2018 9:47 am Leave your thoughtsThe Dunhill Medical Trust has worked with Picker to publish a report that evaluates the education and training landscape for... View Article
Recognising and Acknowledging Frailty
May 29, 2018 9:07 am Comments Off on Recognising and Acknowledging FrailtyIt is estimated that up to half of people over the age of 65 may be living with some level... View Article
Privacy Policy
April 24, 2018 7:36 pm Leave your thoughtsFrailty Toolkit www.frailtytoolkit.org is administered by Fusion48 Limited. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect... View Article
Contacts
April 2, 2018 2:52 pm Leave your thoughtsToolkit help: help@frailtytoolkit.org Project contacts: David Seymour, Project Lead david@fusion48.net Dr Dawn Moody, Course Clinical Tutor and GPSI Frailty... View Article
Comprehensive Care – Older people with frailty in hospital
March 22, 2018 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsComprehensive Care looks at the concept of ‘frailty’ in older people living in hospital. It brings together NIHR research on... View Article
Integrated Care For Older People (ICOPE)
March 22, 2018 2:24 pm Leave your thoughtsIn 2017 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published Integrated care for older people (ICOPE) guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines... View Article
Introducing Frailty360 resources
March 22, 2018 10:49 am Leave your thoughtsFrailty360 is an innovative frailty training programme which uses a unique set of resources and an immersive approach to education... View Article
Module 1: Introductory Quiz
March 22, 2018 10:10 am Leave your thoughtsThe quiz includes multi-choice style questions about the local demographics, frailty and dementia prevalence, and care home residency as well... View Article
Module 2: Understanding Frailty
March 22, 2018 10:07 am Leave your thoughtsThe module includes a concise slide presentation, the Frailty Fulcrum animation and a narrated video of Nirmala’s story which is... View Article
Module 3: Identifying and Assessing Frailty
March 22, 2018 10:06 am Leave your thoughtsThe module includes an explanation of the range of validated tools for both opportunistic or reactive frailty identification, as well... View Article
Module 4: Managing Frailty Overview
March 22, 2018 10:05 am Leave your thoughtsThis module highlights the importance and implications of managing frailty as a long term condition. It outlines the range of... View Article
Module 5: Supporting Independence & Person-Centred Care
March 22, 2018 10:04 am Leave your thoughtsThe module introduces the definitions, principles, skills and a template for person-centred collaborative working. It also allows participants to share... View Article
Module 6: FrailtySIM Victor and Jane
March 22, 2018 10:03 am Leave your thoughtsBased on a gentleman called Victor, this module provides the user with the opportunity to “walk” in the shoes of... View Article
Module 7: FrailtySIM – Walking through Frailty
March 22, 2018 10:02 am Leave your thoughtsWalking through Frailty provides experiential learning to build awareness and understanding of the different levels of frailty and how that... View Article
Module 8: Victor’s story
March 22, 2018 10:01 am Leave your thoughtsThe module uses a video featuring role play actors and memorabilia to enable participants to learn more about Victor, his... View Article
Module 9: Nirmala’s Multi-Disciplinary Team
March 22, 2018 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe module uses scripted role play cards to provide background information about Nirmala’s extended stay in hospital following her stroke... View Article
Module 10: Caring for the carers – Baldev’s story
March 22, 2018 9:59 am Leave your thoughtsThe module uses a narrated video to introduce Baldev, Nirmala’s husband, providing information about his outlook on life, how Nirmala’s... View Article
Module 11: Adapting to live well with frailty – Nirmala & Baldev together
March 22, 2018 9:58 am Leave your thoughtsThe module provides participants with the opportunity to explore the potential of Assistive Technology (AT) to support Nirmala and Baldev... View Article
Module 12: Introduction to the Frailty Toolkit
March 22, 2018 9:57 am Leave your thoughtsA short module to ensure participants have sufficient awareness and understanding of the online Frailty Toolkit and how to gain... View Article
Tips for Designing Cascade Training
March 22, 2018 9:56 am Leave your thoughtsThe Frailty360 modules directly support many of the capabilities within the Draft Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. They have been developed... View Article
Frailty Framework of Core Capabilities
December 8, 2017 5:22 pm Leave your thoughtsHealth Education England and NHS England commissioned the development of this core capabilities framework to improve the effectiveness and capability... View Article
Frailty & Supported Self-care Awareness Sessions
November 30, 2017 8:44 pm Leave your thoughtsDesigned for a range of group sizes, these innovative and interactive 2-hour sessions are designed to build understanding and empathy... View Article
Whole Day Multi-agency Events
November 30, 2017 8:32 pm Leave your thoughtsDesigned for a range of group sizes, these whole day events are the core training for staff involved in supporting... View Article
Upcoming Training Events
November 30, 2017 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Nottinghamshire programme of events funded by HEE has finished. Further events are taking place across the country, either delivered... View Article
Person-Centred Supported Self-Care for Older People
November 30, 2017 3:03 pm Leave your thoughtsThese innovative and interactive 3-hour sessions are designed to promote multi-agency and multi-professional working whilst building understanding and empathy for... View Article
Train the Local Trainer
November 30, 2017 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are estimated to be over 1.5 million older people living with moderate or advanced frailty across England based on... View Article