The ANZSGM is committed to developing policy and practice relevant to geriatric medicine. This includes Position Statements on specific geriatric issues which have been approved by the ANZSGM Council.
All of the ANZSGM position statements have been developed through the expertise of our Policy and Planning Committee. A guideline for the authoring of ANZSGM position statements is available for further information.
If you are interested in joining the committee or would like to propose the development of a position statement, please email the Committee at [email protected].
The current position statements of the ANZSGM are listed below. Additional resources and information can also be sourced via our Resource Library.
Discharge Planning
Position Statement |
Revision By Dr Wen Kwang Lim, Dr Carol Chong, A/Prof Gideon Caplan, and Prof Len Gray, November 2015
Dysphagia and Aspiration in Older People
Position Statement |
By Professor Daniel Kam Yin Chan, Dr Fintan O'Rourke and Dr Bin Soo Ong, March 2018
Education in Geriatric Medicine
Position Statement |
By Dr Desmond Graham and co-authored by Dr Clarissa Sagi and Dr Katie Thorne, June 2022.
Frailty in the Older Person
Position Statement |
Coordinated by Dr Emily H Gordon, December 2024
Geriatric Medicine Services in and around General Hospitals
Position Statement |
Revision by Professor Ruth Hubbard and Dr Sarah Fox (2019). Previous review by Professor Len Gray and Dr Alison Cutler (2009) of the original written by Professor Len Gray and Dr Mike Dorevitch (1993)
Immunisation and the Older Person
Position Statement |
Revision by Associate Professor Michael Woodward AM and Dr Chia Pei Chong, June 2018.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Ageing
Position Statement |
By Dr Rupert Strasser MBBS (Hons) FRACP FAChPM (Pronouns: he, him, his), Dr Jesse Zanker MBBS BMedSci MPHTM DipPallMed FRACP (Pronouns: he, him, his), Dr. Cilla Haywood MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD (Pronouns: she, her, hers), April 2021.
Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
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By Dr Champa Ranasinghe, Professor Len Gray and Professor Elizabeth Beattie, September 2016.
Obesity and the Older Person
Position Statement |
By A/Prof Renuka Visvanathan, Dr Cilla Haywood, Dr Cynthia Piantadosi & Dr Sarah Appleton, Revised August 2011