Community spirit

Ruth Williams

A palliative approach to care of residents with dementia

Della Roberts, Gina Gaspard

Management of swallowing difficulties in people with advanced dementia

Michelle Parker, Donna Power

Using interprofessional education to support intermediate care

Abigail Masterson, Sian Maslin-Prothero, Susan Ashby

How to use advance care planning in a care home

Les Storey, Eleanor Sherwen

Practice question

Rachel Thompson, Barbara Schofield

Journal scan

Ruth Sander

Noticeboard

Diary

The 36-Hour Day

Jan Dewing

A Textbook of Community Nursing

Sam Boobier

The Heart of Care

Jonathan Webster

Rethinking Aging – Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society

Pat McCollum

Research raises possible link between deafness and cognition

Vivienne Michael

Ratings can improve standards

Carolyn Scotton

A diagnosis that should not be rushed

Sue Edwards

Wide variation found in diagnosis rates for dementia

Views sought on NICE standards to improve quality of social care

Stars train to be ‘dementia friends’

Francis report recommends creation of registered role

News in brief

The secret’s out about trolley ulcer treatment

Funding reform plans will only help a minority of pensioners

When the system fails

Nicky Hayes