Champions of the third age

Pat Young

Still Rockin!

New publications

Letter

Maria Kitching

Letter

Jane Bates

Letter

Sue Burton

Letter

Lesley Bell

Events

Focus on assessment

John Keady

Reflective practice

Lynne Phair

Winds of change

Linda Nazarko

A degree of confusion

Mary Lennox

Alcohol and older people

Jason Hepple

Investing in imagination

News in brief

Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia

Brendan McCormack

Joint Approaches for a Better Old Age: Developing Services Through Joint Commissioning

Hazel Heath

Resources

Adaptable support

Air flotation system

Simple transport device could save lives

Free guide to pressure sores

Easy to bath

Medicated stocking

Urinary control device

Ease aches and pains with lavender and wheat

Lightweight mattress

Free sample cloths

Medical support

True colours in seconds

Stairlift overcomes narrow problems

Service for special clothing needs

Visitors catering trolley

Leaflet for indwelling catheters

Innovative design for bath for elderly

The Old Person’s Friend Bioethics Series

Paul Mangan

Home Work

Liz Day

Hypothermia

Roger Watson

The age of old age

Drug regimes: assessing patient compliance

Dinah Fuller, Hilary Edmondson

Snoezelen for confused older people: some concerns

Peter Savage

Something special

Alison Kitson

Straight lift

June Andrews, Pam Parsons

Bereaved carers: recognising their needs

Rosemary Chesson, Cathy Todd

On the carpet

P F Higgs, C I Millard, P H Millard

That certain age

Top cat

Pauline Bailey

Global perspectives: a sensitive view

Claire Hilton

Sex in old age

Pressure care

Eric Wilkinson

A proactive approach to maximise training

Wendy Biddington

Carers — who cares?

Diary

Housing for ‘Caribbean elders’

Breast screening call for over-65s

News

A return to the poor laws

Work pressure blamed for nurses’ dissatisfaction

Action on elder abuse

News in brief

Care proposals still ‘under review’

Degree course available in Social Gerentology

Learning to cope with the death of a loved one

Disputing mental decline

Fees way behind in payment

Happy hundredth birthday

The therapeutic value of art

Call for discretion

Going public on elder abuse

Linda Thomas