Making a difference

Jennifer Sprinks

Managing verbal agitation in people with dementia and delirium

Francesca Inkley, Sarah Goldberg

Cognitive impairment in older people living in the community

Ergie Inocian, Joel Gonzales Patalagsa

Comprehensive geriatric assessment during emergency admission

Jo James

Parkinson’s disease

Ruth Sander

Musculoskeletal pain

Ruth Sander

Dementia and marriage

Ruth Sander

Practice question

Fiona Cowdell, Kathleen Galvin

Noticeboard

Diary

Care at the end of life

Susan Martin

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ

Anna Burrows

Making Individual Service Funds Work for People with Dementia Living in Care Homes

Margot Lindsay

A Practical Guide to End of Life Care

Deborah Preshaw

Faster access means quicker discharge

Erin Dean

Use of new technology to help patients receive care at home

Erin Dean

New resource for older people’s nurses

News in brief

Nurses in care homes think they have been ‘abandoned’

Nick Triggle

People nearing the end of life receive too little pain relief

Memory room allows older patients to step back in time

Concerns raised about cutbacks at Care Quality Commission

Importance of identifying frailty

Nicky Hayes