Mrs Caldicot’s cabbage war

Rosemary Strange

Complementary therapies in the care of older people

Helen Simpson

Writing skills in practice

Jonathan Webster

The essential dementia care handbook

Ruth Sander

Website watch

Still rockin'!

Events

New Publications

Letter

B Tompkins

Letter

Angela Bidgood, Warminster, Wiltshire

Congress fringe event

Barry Aveyard

Faculty status

Tina Naldrett

Cancer and older people

Candy Cooley, Glyn Coventry

Research information exchange

Assessment of skin in older people

Mary Finch

Preventing falls in older people: a multi-agency approach

Tony Luxton, Jackie Riglin

Bridging the gap: addressing the educational needs of nursing home staff

Birnie Sandra, Booth Jenny, Dodd Linda, Jones Debbie, Petty Janet, Price Jane, Telford Debbie

Still locked in the attic?

Gill Parker

Journal scan

John Adams

Falls ‘cause eight deaths a day’

Funding confusion persists

Helen Caulfield

A backward step?

Jon Glasby

Tough checks promised for health and social care

News in brief

‘No evidence’ of care homes refusing MRSA patients

Complaints over care home funding ‘largely justified’, health ombudsman rules

Nursing older people takes centre stage

Hazel Heath