Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Essential facts Religion should be included in the vital discussions about the care people and those close to them want to receive in the last two to three days of life, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NI...
Claire Pryor,Amanda Clarke
Claire Pryor
Nursing and healthcare is changing in response to an ageing population. There is a renewed need for holistic nursing to provide clinically competent, appropriate and timely care for patients who may present with inextricably linked mental a...
Jane Scullion,Monica Fletcher
Jane Scullion
Despite the fact that inhaled medications have been the basis for treating patients with respiratory diseases for more than 60 years, we are repeatedly reminded that many individuals cannot use their inhaler devices correctly ( Capstick and...
Chris Longhurst
Chris Longhurst
A sight loss charity has called for more training for nurses in care homes so that they can intervene early to prevent residents' vision deteriorating.
End of life care is often explored in the pages of Nursing Older People, including in an article on the development, implementation and evaluation of an end of life care intervention in care homes that appeared in our February edition ( Cox...
The names of the finalists for nursing older people category at RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 have been revealed.
Advanced and specialist nurses have the potential to improve older patients' experiences of GP services in Wales, according to independent older people's commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira in her latest guidance to health boards.
Deborah Llewelyn
Deborah Llewelyn
Laughter rings out in the dining room of a care home where residents try on a range of different hats and invent characters who might wear them.
Michael Ellis
Michael Ellis
Pressure ulcer prevention in the care home setting can be challenging and is often compromised by a lack of access to education and resources. There are measures that have been shown to consistently improve outcomes in pressure ulcer preven...
UK policy and guidance state that people should have their preferences and priorities for end of life care recorded in the form of an advance care plan. However, for people with dementia and their families, issues of reduced capacity, diffi...