Promoting continence in older people

Sarah Jones

News, views and resources

Incontinence in older women

Angela Billington

A growing concern

Sue Thomas

Invest for continence

Alison Bardsley

Elder Abuse: Best Practice in Britain and Canada

Lois Dugmore

Activities and People with Dementia: Involving Family Carers

Bryan Hudson

Time of Our Lives

Jan Dewing

New publications

Still rockin

Letter

Jane Rogers

Events

Cancer in old age: is it inadequately investigated and treated?

Investing in continence

Balancing lives in sheltered housing

Home improvement

The benefits of hypodermoclysis

Laxatives and faecal incontinence in long-term care

Social gerontology education: is there a future?

Health action zones: improving the health of older people

Low intensity laser therapy for chronic venous leg ulcers

Carers and Dementia among African/Caribbean and South Asian Families

RCN Forum for Nurses Working with Older People

Rosemary Strange

Steering together to improve care

Stephanie Schlingensiepen

Survey results in new advice on best practice in stroke management

Elderly care looks at recent initiatives in stroke care

Mattress overlay

Urostomy pouch

Shower off

Web site for health

Community bed

Freewheeling

Skin care

Involving older users in education and evaluation

Emma Pritchard

Chronic pain in older people: nursing aspects

Michaela Gehring, Roger Watson

The rise of specialist nursing roles

Irene Schofield

Funding long term care

Helen Caulfield

Help at hand for carers in north west England

Archaic housing policies prevent real community care

News in brief

Care workers unhappy with the service they are able to provide

Continence promotion – why is it still neglected?

Linda Thomas