Assessing pressure ulcer risk in long-term care using the Waterlow scale

Susan Baxter

Chinese older people in Hong Kong: health beliefs about influenza vaccination

Enid Wai-yung Kwong, Ivy Oi-yi Lam

Neglect is not a cut and dried issue

Soline Jerram

Identifying abuse is a complex area

Aileen Fraser

Determining neglect is a clinical judgement

David Jones

Providing support to caregivers can provide significant psychological relief

Ruth Sander

Antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke for people with dementia

Severe cognitive impairment can hinder the accuracy of pain assessment

Troubled conscience can lessen sense of commitment for care providers

Patients’ perceptions of the discharge process from hospital to community

Pelvic exercises improve urinary retention in motivated patients

Residents, staff and relatives have different views on quality home care

Stephen burke

Bucking the housing trend

Les Bright

Dignity: an age old issue

Deborah Sturdy

Contented dementia

Daniel Allen

‘Rapid response teams will make some difference but at what cost?’ (laura stosz and professor andy alaszewski)

Laura Stosz, Andy Alaszewski

At odds with the end of life care strategy

Merryn Gott

Art therapy

Pain relief option taken off licence

Karen Birmingham

Nice limits treatment choice for rheumatoid arthritis

David Adam

Let’s not forget mental health

Rebecca Neno, Welland

Targeting the locals

Thelma Agnew

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Karen Birmingham

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News in brief

Falls exercise programmes put to the test

Care homes receive ‘solid gold’ accreditation for implementing the gold standard framework

Karen Birmingham

Exercise slows Alzheimer’s progression

Campaign launch aims to tackle lack of treatment for depression

Older people take twice as many drugs

Karen Birmingham

Exercise is the best medicine

Karen Birmingham