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01 May 2008 | Vol 20, Issue 4 Print Edition
Care

Alzheimer’s disease: the psychological and physical effects of the caregiver’s role. Part 2

Edel Mannion

Alzheimer’s disease: the psychological and physical effects of the caregiver’s role. Part 1

Edel Mannion

Ask the experts

Our role in the Darzi review

Clare Abley, Gwyn Grout, Nicky Hayes

Journal scan

Primary care nurses can help improve residents’ health needs in care homes

Ruth Sander

Patients with dementia are less likely to be referred to palliative care

Anaemia can often co-exist alongside potentially fatal illnesses

Enhancing verbal communication skills of people with learning disabilities

How to manage malnutrition in older people admitted to hospital

Regular medication review is needed for people taking four or more drugs

Feature

Designing care homes for people with dementia

Christian Duffin

Assessing pain

Robert Short

Don’t quote me

Debbie Tolson

Comment

Death by corporate negligence

Les Bright

Nutrition is vital to the process of recovery and wellbeing

Deborah Sturdy

Media watch

And in other news…

Australasia: on ageing

Daniel Allen

News analysis

Health check-ups in resident homes

Testosterone

Rebecca Neno

MP for older people

Laura Doherty

Slow release diuretics save lives

Thelma Agnew

News

News in brief

Malnutrition most common in older women in care homes

US looks to reform its workforce

Karen Birmingham

Stellar innovations in nursing practice

£13 billion cost for european economic burden of incontinence

David Pountney

Editorial

Discriminating between the old

Karen Birmingham

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