The National Medicine for Old Age Psychiatrists conference 2014

The National Medicine for Old Age Psychiatrists conference is an annual event that is now in its ninth year. Its aim is to provide old age psychiatrists with a comprehensive review of the common medical conditions that affect older patients. Topics reviewed at the conference included stroke, respiratory disease, cardiology, Parkinson’s disease and palliative care. StrokeStroke is common. It accounts for 11% of deaths in England and Wales (five million deaths annually). Every five minutes someone in England has a stroke. One in four people can expect to have a stroke if they live to 85 years and one quarter