Email interview

Jules Jones

Nurses need to assess problems related to stress in care giving

Ruth Sander

Primary and secondary causes of constipation in older people

Referrals to psychiatric services without patient consent

Falling is an early warning marker of unmet need in an older person

Work on acute wards requires specialised dementia education

Skin care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a non-pharmalogical approach

Lavina Stallard

Community matrons: advanced assessment skills (part three)

Abigail Masterson

Involving students in the challenges of caring for older people

Erica Alabaster

Who cares?

Dr Gwyn Grout, Frazer Underwood, Liz Mouland

Under pressure

Managing violent patient

Christian Duffin

Parkinson’s: not easy to detect

David Pountney

Human rights in action

Les Bright

Top of the charts

Daniel Allen

Practical tools to support nutrition and hydration

Rebecca Neno

The feel good factor

Sue Learner

And in other news…

News in brief

Human Rights Act ruling leaves older people open to abuse and neglect

Pocket-size card: ‘I have dementia’

NICE U-turn for life-saving drugs

Scotland wages battle against mental decline

Abuse and neglect of older people: do nurses know what to look for?

Sarah Harrison, Gary Bell

Good communication is essential

Lee Sri Ghandi