{"id":4118,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/medicineoftheelderlygeriatrics\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:11:42","slug":"medicineoftheelderlygeriatrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/medicineoftheelderlygeriatrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicine of the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please see above for links to <strong>symptom \/ presentation specific guidance<\/strong> for MOE patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please see the links below for information on <strong>Medicine of the Elderly services in NHS Lothian<\/strong>. Services vary depending on geography so please look at the correct page for the area appropriate for your patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that each of the locality pages contains details of ALL Medicine of the Elderly services including Outpatient Clinics and Day Hospitals (where these exist) \u2013 these were previously on separate pages, but for ease of reference they have been amalgamated onto the relevant locality page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medicine of the Elderly Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/moeeastlothian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicine of the Elderly &#8211; East Lothian Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/moe-edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicine of the Elderly &#8211; Edinburgh Services<\/a>with additional information for Edinburgh North on the following pages:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/medicineoftheelderlygeriatrics\/wgh-moe-outpatient-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WGH-MoE Outpatient Clinics<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/lctc-moe-outpatient-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LCTC-MoE Outpatient Clinics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/medicineoftheelderlygeriatrics\/wgh-moe-arc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WGH- MoE ARC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/lctc-moe-opra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LCTC-MoE OPRA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/moe-midlothian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicine of the Elderly &#8211; Midlothian Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/moewestlothian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicine of the Elderly &#8211; West Lothian Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200bHospital at Home Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/admissionsurgentcare\/hospital-at-home\/hospitalathomeeastlothian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital at Home East Lothian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/admissionsurgentcare\/hospital-at-home\/hospitalathomeedinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital at Home Edinburgh<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/admissionsurgentcare\/hospital-at-home\/hospitalathomemidlothianmerrit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital at Home Midlothian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/admissionsurgentcare\/hospital-at-home\/hh-west-lothian-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital at Home West Lothian<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AC &amp; JB 26-09-25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/MoE-HatH-Rockwood-Clinical-Frailty-Scale-April-2020.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/MoE-HatH-Rockwood-Clinical-Frailty-Scale-April-2020-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale April 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see above for links to symptom \/ presentation specific guidance for MOE patients. Please see the links below for information on Medicine of the Elderly services in NHS Lothian. Services vary depending on geography so please look at the correct page for the area appropriate for your patient. 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