Evaluation of the care received by older people with diabetes

Valerie Wilson

Adequacy of training in dementia care for acute hospital staff

Aarti Gandesha, Renata Souza, Robert Chaplin, Chloë Hood

Achieving safe staffing for older people in hospital

Nicky Hayes, Jane Ball

Nursing interventions to alleviate insomnia

Irene Gilsenan

Frailty unit in emergency department cuts admissions

Residents’ concerns about homophobia in care homes

Religion and wellbeing

Ruth Sander

Hip fracture risk and use of proton-pump inhibitors

Diary

Notice board

Practice question

Dawne Garrett

Putting feet first

Cathy Moulton

Challenging prejudice

Hazel Heath

Promoting mobility for people with dementia

Jan Dewing

Manage your pain

Ruth Sander

Communication in palliative care

Phil Russell

Nurse-to-patient ratios must increase to improve safety

Christian Duffin

Winner of the Claire Rayner award gives her patients ‘liveability’

Common standard of care needed, says think tank

Lisa Berry

Inspections show safeguards training is not yet routine

Bonuses promised to hospitals for providing dementia assessments

Risk of dying from malaria increases with age for travellers

News in brief

More nurses, better care

Lisa Berry