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A new strategy for patients with dementia

09 July 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK, of whom about 82,000 live in Scotland. The general population is ageing, and because the risk of developing...

Improving surgical outcomes for people with dementia

20 May 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

Surgical intervention in older people with dementia is becoming increasingly common as the population ages and the number of people with dementia continues to rise....

Introduction to living with advanced dementia series

01 April 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series

This is the introductory article in a six-part series in Nursing Older People exploring the nursing care of people living with advanced dementia. It discusses the...

Changing needs in advanced dementia

20 May 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 1

This is the first article in a six-part series in Nursing Older People exploring the nursing care of people living with advanced dementia. This article discusses the...

Primary care-led mental health services: a practical response

01 May 1998

Mental Health Practice

Clinical

Administration and medical logic suggest that the cardinal requirement for improving mental health services is not a large expansion of psychiatric agencies, but...

Arguments that wash

01 December 1994

Nursing Management

Arguments that wash

The infection control team is now an integral and well-recognised part of most health service units. The service has evolved considerably since it was introduced as...

Learning and leadership in advanced dementia care

07 October 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 4

This article, part of a series in Nursing Older People exploring the nursing care of people living with advanced dementia, considers learning and leadership. It...

Meaningful activity in advanced dementia

02 September 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 3

This article is part of a series in Nursing Older People exploring the nursing care of people living with advanced dementia. When someone with advanced dementia can...

Palliative and end of life care for people with advanced dementia

09 December 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 5

Despite growing understanding in recent years of the biological, psychological, social, environmental and spiritual aspects of dementia, people with advanced...

Delivering personal care for people with advanced dementia

05 August 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 2

This is the second article in a six-part series in Nursing Older People exploring the nursing care of people living with advanced dementia. This article considers...