Prescribing and medicines management in older people

Gerri Kaufman

Identifying barriers to pain management in long-term care

Mary Egan, Nicola Cornally

Assessing and treating faecal incontinence

Robert Owen Price, Rachel Bradley

Journal scan

Ruth Sander

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Diary

Practice question

Lesley Chapman, Jane Blakey

The Guide to the Handling of People

Sue Paxton

End-of-Life Nursing Care

Ruth Sander

Designing Outdoor Spaces for People with Dementia

Dave Pulsford

Involving Senior Citizens in Group Music Therapy

Sharon Blackburn

Healthcare assistant certification seen as a positive move to define role

Lisa Berry

New advice to support staff as end of life care reviewed

Christian Duffin

Funding boosts pilot projects to redesign acute wards

Dementia care in hospitals still poor

Lisa Berry

Review recommends Liverpool Care Pathway should be phased out

Practice of ‘boarding’ increases length of inpatient stays

Gum disease linked to Alzheimer’s

News in brief

Controlling patients’ pain

Lisa Berry