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Tools to assess the nutritional status of acutely ill older adults

01 June 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

Nurses are responsible for identifying patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. They are also expected to follow-up patients’ nutritional status and...

The role of intellectual assessment in learning disability services

01 February 2002

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

Intellectual assessments can play a key part in ensuring people with learning disabilities receive appropriate services. While IQ scores have been criticised in the...

Health needs in people with learning disabilities: using the ‘OK’ Health Check

01 May 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

A growing body of evidence suggests that people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing significant health inequalities when compared with their peers in the...

Developing cognitive remediation approaches in a rehabilitation setting

01 July 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

It is increasingly recognised that schizophrenia is an illness that affects fundamental thinking processes or cognition (Heinrichs 2001). People who experience...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a non-pharmalogical approach

01 July 2007

Nursing Older People

Care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now regarded as one of the worlds most prevalent chronic disorders and is listed in the top five leading causes of...

Improving care for patients with sexually transmitted infections in South Africa

06 November 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To assess the quality of integrated sexually transmitted infection (STI) services in primary health care. Method A two-page questionnaire, in collaboration with...

Open clinics: a pilot initiative to improve access to mental health services

01 May 2004

Mental Health Practice

Community care

One of the aims of the National Service Framework for mental health is to ‘deliver better primary mental health care’. Two of the six standards relate directly to...

Research renaissance

01 May 2004

Mental Health Practice

Research

For many years, there have been criticisms that the research conducted does not address the questions that are relevant to day-to-day clinical practice and that...

Risky business: problem gambling and the implications for mental health services

01 December 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

Since 1994, not only has the National Lottery been successful at getting many of us to have a flutter, it has helped pave the way for the lifting of many of the...

Square pegs in round holes?

01 September 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

People with mental illnesses who come into contact with the criminal justice system are often termed ‘mentally disordered offenders’ (MDOs). Their anti-social...