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Word	Definition
Gait	The characteristics of how a person walks. Gait means how you walk.
General practitioner	Family doctor, providing primary care. Commonly referred to as a GP. A general practitioner is your family doctor. They look after your basic health needs. They organise other doctors and health practitioners to look after you. They are also called a GP.
Geriatrician	A doctor who specialises in working with older people. A geriatrician is a doctor who looks after older people.
Glossary	Emergency medical services Emergency medical services
Goal setting	Goal setting is defining what you want to achieve and making a plan to get there. Your plan can outline the steps you will take and set milestones to keep track of your progress. Goal setting means deciding what you want to do. It also means making a plan to get there. Your plan will include what steps you will take. It helps you keep track of your progress.
GP	General practitioner General practitioner
GPP	Good practice point Good practice point
GRADE	The GRADE approach (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) is a standardised way of assessing research (also known as the quality of evidence) and determining the strength of recommendations. It was designed to be transparent and rigorous and has become the leading method used for guideline development. GRADE is applied to the Living Stroke Guidelines to ensure that their recommendations are accurate and robust. The GRADE approach (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) is a standardised way of assessing research (also known as the quality of evidence) and determining the strength of recommendations. It was designed to be transparent and rigorous and has become the leading method used for guideline development. GRADE is applied to the Living Stroke Guidelines to ensure that their recommendations are accurate and robust.
GSS	Gugging swallowing screen Gugging swallowing screen
Guardian	A guardianship is a person who makes decisions for an adult with a disability when they are unable to do so. All adults over the age of 18 years, regardless of disability, are entitled to make their own decisions. This is the case unless, when they were competent, they appointed a person under an enduring power of guardianship and have now lost capacity to make relevant decisions. If no enduring power is in place, a guardianship order can be obtained by making an application for guardianship to the relevant legal authority who will hear the matter and, if necessary, appoints a guardian to make specific types of decisions. A guardian is someone who makes decisions for you. Sometimes a stroke can be very serious. You might not be able to make decisions anymore. Someone else might be legally appointed to make decisions for you.

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