Using advocacy to safeguard older people with learning disabilities

Robert Jenkins

Assessment and management of pain in older patients receiving palliative care

Lloyd D Hughes

A nurse manager’s guide to support patients with dementia

June Andrews

How namaste principles improve residents’ lives

Christian Duffin

Oral care difficulties for older people with learning disabilities

Hopefulness in long-term illness

Drugs licensed for treating patients with alzheimer’s disease

Practice question

Clare Abley

Exercise boosts immune response

Ruth Sander

Notice board

Diary

Fit for purpose

Marion Foreman

Let’s consign the term ‘the elderly’ to the past

Hazel Health

Developing advanced assessment skills

Deborah Coleman

A sense of calm

Claire Chatterton

Hearing the person with dementia

Sheilah Rengert

Ministers poised to unveil plans for social care funding

Nick Triggle

Fish oil supplements have no short-term benefits for brain

Author in residence

Guidance issued on use of strong opioids in palliative care

University courses should stress value of dignity

Lisa Berry

Arts project offers trip down memory lane

Technology project to test products for independent living

Study in US finds link between healthy eating, exercise and longevity

News in brief

Listening to patients’ concerns

Lisa Berry