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Discharging our duty?

01 December 1997

Elderly Care

Briefing RCN news

Some things in nursing never seem to change’ is how Ian Jacques began this page several months ago (1). He was talking about the relationship between the nurse as...

Searching for prize ideas in care

11 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

The RCN mental health and older People forum is to reward individual nurses or teams for innovative ways of assessing older people with mental health needs or their...

Dementia: a serious and enduring mental illness

19 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Reports

According to recent studies (ADS 1997a), there are approximately 670,000 people with dementia in the UK, of whom about 17,000 have young onset dementia. Although 50...

People who have dementia get ill too

16 September 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

The author of ‘A grave disservice to acutely ill people’ (Letters August 26) suggests that although older people deserve the best care, it should not be at the...

Policy issues: your shout

01 August 1998

Nursing Older People

RCN news

At the moment there seem to be unlimited opportunities to have a say on policy issues which affect older people and older people’s nursing, either directly or...

Major issues relating to older people in 1999

01 February 1999

Nursing Older People

Briefing RCN news

The United Nations International Year of Older People in 1999 celebrates the increasing importance of older people in today’s society. The theme, ‘Towards a society...

Assessment of family carers

01 February 1998

Elderly Care

Nursing practice family care

Successful implementation of community care has been a major policy issue for the last 30 years and is a primary objective for policy makers and health and social...