Specialists dealing with dementia are not recognising the increased confusion and distress caused by sight loss, researchers have found.
Laura Stosz,Iain Carpenter
Laura Stosz
The Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS/RAI) for Long Term Care Facilities ( Morris et al 1990 ) is a comprehensive, standardised assessment of residents' needs in long-term care developed by interRAI ( www.interrai.org ). ...
As part of its National Carers' Strategy the Department of Health published a report in June 2008 called Carers at the Heart of 21st Century Families and Communities: a caring system on your side, a life of your own.
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Rachel Totterdell is a 22-year-old-student from Sheffield. She is in the final year of a four-year master's in nursing science degree course at Nottingham University. She took a gap year between school and university, travelling in Australi...
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Christian Duffin
Christian Duffin
Bingo players have received free health checks from nurses delivering a heart disease prevention programme.
The government's record in implementing and funding end-of-life care will come under the microscope in a report expected before the end of March.
Nurse prescribers are being urged to examine alternatives to antipsychotic drugs, following research revealing that patients face a significantly increased likelihood of death when taking such medication over long periods.
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Jane Greene
Jane Greene
Northern Ireland is ready to embrace dementia care as an exciting area of nursing. Northern Ireland has a population of around 1.7 million with integrated health and social care delivered by five trusts. A regional group, the Northern Irela...
Dr Hugh Chadderton
Dr Hugh Chadderton
A review of dementia provision in Wales starts in February 2009. Wales undertook a review of adult mental health services in 2003, resulting in the publication of the revised National Service Framework for adult mental health services in 20...
Suprapubic catheters might be used because.