Day in the life

As a school girl, Lucy Hasker was told she would never make the grade to train as a nurse. But, as she tells Thelma Agnew, she didn’t let go of her dream and now, aged 29, has overcome severe dyslexia to achieve it

Self-concept of young Jewish people with learning disability

Bob Gates

Research round-up

Conferences

The Asperger Social Guide

Martin Bollard

That’s Life with Autism

Martin Bollard

Narrative Research in Nursing

Helen Hewitt

Building Community Through Circles of Friends

Christine Munkenbeck

Sensory Stimulation:

Glynis Whitehead

The importance of food and mealtimes in dementia care

Tom Tait

Positive images

evaluating health checks

Mary Codling, Jane Solomon

road to success: recognising service users’ contribution to the development of practice

Helen Laverty

working together: developing an educative programme on the use of touch

Carol Potter, Lawrence Anita Claridge

life story work and bereavement: shared reflections on its usefulness

Sue Read, Claire Bowler

Interactive

Being part of the collective ‘we’

John Gardiner

A positive success

Steve Neville, Peter Croghan

Everyone has the right to learn the language of love

Ian McMillan

News in brief

Nurses must grasp opportunity to transform services

Independent advocacy will feel the pinch as ‘state-controlled’ schemes take over

Ian McMillan

Services must start planning for an ageing population ‘sooner rather than later’

Jennifer Veitch

News in brief

News

Skills academy is planned to give social care an image makeover

Code of practice issued to offer guidance on new Act

Daniel Allen

Indifference to distress?

Ruth Northway