Iain Carpenter

Exercise is associated with a delayed onset of dementia

Ruth Sander

Electrocardiographic screening may detect people who have had MI

Managing aggressive behaviour in people with dementia

Nurses need to brush up on the topic of oral care

Benefits of case management lack evidence-based research support

Care practices that promote choice and partnership in decision making

Weather forecasts help reduce COPD admissions

Cognitive screening

Daniel Allen

Cognitive screening for people from minority ethnic backgrounds

Chris Parker, Ian Philp, Manjinder Sarai, Akhlak Rauf

Incidences of excess alcohol consumption in the older person

Malcolm Watts

Nursing Older People: a guide to practice in care homes

Irene Schofield

Planning for end of life for people living with parkinson’s disease

Nicky Hayes

Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease: Biological Correlates

Chris Eberhardie TD

Making sense of spirituality in nursing and healthcare practice, an interactive approach

Peter Draper

Practical psychiatry of old age

The mental capacity act

A step in the right direction?

Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe

Setting the backdrop in caring for people with dementia

Neil Hunt

Stubbing it out

Jennifer Trueland

Relatively free

Jan Dewing

Who else is caring?

Adrian O’Dowd

More to life than drugs

Les Bright

And in other news…

The pension challenge

Daniel Allen

Patients still lack privacy

Joanna Lyall

Dignity in care: a genuine commitment?

Thelma Agnew

Supporting people with complex needs

Rebecca Neno

News in brief

More users are satisfied with home care support services

News

Making quality of life a reality in care homes

Time for best practice

Sensory stimulation helps older people with severe memory problems

White older women ‘more at risk of abuse than any other group’

Sarah Harrison

Supporting role

Rachel Thompson