POINT OF VIEW The management of hip fracture in the older population. Joint position statement by Gruppo Italiano Ortogeriatria (GIOG) Giulio Pioli • A. Barone • C. Mussi • L. Tafaro • G. Bellelli • P. Falaschi • M. Trabucchi • G. Paolisso • On behalf of GIOG Received: 22 October 2013 / Accepted: 16 January 2014 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 Abstract This document is a Joint Position Statement by Gruppo Italiano di OrtoGeriatria (GIOG) supported by Societa ` Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria (SIGG), and Associazione Italiana Psicogeriatria (AIP) on management of hip fracture older patients. Orthogeriatric care is at present the best model of care to improve results in older patients after hip fracture. The implementation of orthogeriatric model of care, based on the collaboration between orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians, must take into account the local availability of resources and facilities and should be integrated into the local context. At the same time the programme must be based on the best available evidences and planned following accepted quality stan- dards that ensure the efficacy of the intervention. The position paper focused on eight quality standards for the management of hip fracture older patients in orthogeriatric model of care. The GIOG promotes the development of a clinic database with the aim of obtaining a qualitative improvement in the management of hip fracture. Keywords Elderly Á Orthopaedics Á Geriatricians Á Hip fracture Background Hip fracture is still a devastating event. Epidemiological data show a per-year mortality of over 25 % and an incomplete recovery of pre-fracture conditions in more than 50 % of survivals [1]. In Italy, 90,000 new fracture G. Pioli (&) Geriatric Unit, Department of Neuromotor Physiology, ASMN-IRCCS Hospital, Via Risorgimento 80, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy e-mail: giulio.pioli@asmn.re.it A. Barone Orthogeriatric Unit, Department of Geriatrics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy C. Mussi Division of Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Modena, Reggio Emilia, Italy L. Tafaro Geriatric Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy G. Bellelli Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy G. Bellelli Geriatric Clinic, San Gerardo University Hospital, Monza, Italy P. Falaschi Geriatric Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sant’Andrea University Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy M. Trabucchi Department of Neuropharmachology, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy G. Paolisso Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Geriatric Sciences, II° University of Naples, Naples, Italy 123 Aging Clin Exp Res DOI 10.1007/s40520-014-0198-y