Lives richly lived

Pauline Ford

Top team at Chelsea

A sideways look at images of age

Each day is different: Starting out in dementia care

Samaritans

The Long History of Old Age

Jonathan Webster

Dementia Care: A Practical Photographic Guide

Barry Aveyard

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia in Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities

Robert Jenkins

Beta blockers for elective surgery in elderly patients: population based, retrospective cohort study

Ruth Sander

Growing old graciously

Dementia from the inside: how people with early-stage dementia evaluate their quality of life

Advising patients with medication related dysphagia: caution required

Use of lubricant gels in urinary catheterisation

Promoting adequate nutrition: using artificial feeding

Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts, Maggie Nicol

Suicide among older people

Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe

Student learning in care homes

Maggi Banning, Yvonne Hill, Simon Rawlings

Safety issues surrounding the use of bedrails

Marcia Onetha Rollins

Getting to grips with general hospital care

Andy Lockwood

Ask the experts Non-medical prescribing

Wendy Barker, Angie Clegg, Beverley Webster-Walsh, Cathie Sammon, Soline Jerram, Sarah McGeorge, Dawne Garrett, Linda Nazarko

Keeping out the cold

Thelma Agnew

Important business

Barry Aveyard

The state we’re in

Les Bright

Desperate for improvement

Daniel Allen

Mind the protection gap

Paul Burstow

Quicker response would improve stroke outcomes, NAO says

News

Benchmarks will help nurses in Scotland deliver quality care

Alex Mathieson

Change of heart on ‘careless discrimination’ welcomed by campaigners

News

End-of-life care preferences being ignored, say NHS bosses

News in brief

New year, new resolve

Pauline Ford