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Community mental health nursing and dementia care

01 July 2004

Nursing Older People

Book Review

An important aspect of work undertaken by community mental health nurses (CMHNs) is addressed in this book. As a substantial proportion of people with dementia are...

The Simplicity of Dementia

01 February 2006

Nursing Older People

Book Review

The book’s title belies the complexity of the issues it presents. It is divided into nine chapters that lead the reader smoothly through the maze of trying to...

Depression in later life

01 February 2006

Nursing Older People

Book Review

This book is divided into nine chapters that take the reader on a journey through the experience of depression in later life. It starts by exploring the need to...

WHO Guide to Mental and Neurological Health in Primary Care (Second edition)

01 September 2004

Nursing Older People

Book Review

This book offers a comprehensive guide to mental health and neurological problems based on the work of the lCD-b. It has added sections on children and adolescents,...

Talking Over the Years

01 October 2005

Nursing Older People

Book Review

This book addresses a relatively neglected area in the care of older adults. Its theoretical position is from a psychodynamic perspective – often thought not to be...

Nursing older adults with mental health problems: therapeutic interventions – part 2

01 October 2003

Nursing Older People

General

The first article in this series (Minardi and Hayes 2003) explained how interventions informed by psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and counselling theories may...

A new service in the intermediate care of older adults with mental health problems

01 April 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

This article describes the a new multidisciplinary, nurse-led service for older adults with mental health problems, the Home Treatment Team (HTT) which has just...

Ask the experts Spirituality in care

01 February 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

Ask the Experts is a forum in which nurse consultants working with older people debate an issue in older people’s care and offer advice. This month they consider a...