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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Lord Amulree (1900-83): the indefatigable advocate of older persons
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Abstract:
Lord Amulree was an outstanding advocate of geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom. His interest in the subject started while he was working for the Ministry of Health and blossomed with his clinical appointment to the new geriatric unit at St Pancras Hospital in London. Here he established a thriving department, expounded his general and specific philosophies on the subject in numerous publications, and trained many junior members of staff who, in their turn, became advocates of the speciality. He used his position in the House of Lords to promote the cause of older persons. He is best remembered for his maxim of Adding Life to Years not Years to Life.
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