Face to face

Ruth Williams

Celebrating individuality

Richard Bailey

Training care staff about the concept of learning disability

Tamsin Williams, Karen McKenzie, Amanda McKenzie

The therapeutic effects of hand massage

Peter Croghan

Developing person-centred planning in dementia care

Judy Ryan, Eileen Carey

Improving health with acute liaison nursing

Alison Pointu, Jo Young, Karen Walsh

On the web

Safeguarding older people in residential care

Steve McNally

Research round-up

Noticeboard

Training

Diary

One of the boys

Just following orders

Neville Parkes

The perfect 300

Alex McClimens

The Compassionate Mind

Michael Foster

Research issues in health and social care

Michael Brown

Helping children with complex needs bounce back

Paula Edmondson

In the garden in pictures

Jan Dewing

Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia

John Keady

A Sporting Life in Pictures

Minimising risk in offenders

Peter Morris

Campaign plans to get more people out to vote in elections

Government pledges better special needs training for teachers

Closure of hospital ends sorry chapter of institutional care

Network like obama to be successful, delegates advised

Prison report’s findings must be acted on swiftly, RCN says

News in Brief

A temporary change of address

Colin Parish