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Community Care for Older People: Rights, Remedies and Finances

01 February 1997

Elderly Care

Briefing publications

Many nurses caring for vulnerable older persons are often concerned about the declining political commitment to their longterm care within the NHS, and the complex...

ACE on health

01 May 1994

Elderly Care

Royal college of nursing

Today, older adults constitute the fastest growing population group. Most live in the community and many regard themselves as reasonably well, although more than 50...

Hearing older voices

01 September 1999

Nursing Older People

Communication

‘Hearing’ the voices of older people means far more than picking up signals or decoding sounds. It implies an active listening with intent to heed. Such careful...

ACE Congress

01 June 1996

Nursing Older People

Briefing RCN news

RCN Congress, with its theme ‘On the edge’, was held in Bournemouth in April. Issues affecting older people were well to the fore, from Question Time when...

Experiencing health care

01 June 2000

Elderly Care

Communication

Within the UK some 78 per cent of the total population use the NHS each year and the average annual consultation rate with general practitioners is 3.8 per person....

Experiencing health care

01 July 2000

Elderly Care

Communication

An experience can be defined as ‘actually observing or becoming practically acquainted with facts or events which affect one in some way; the process one undergoes...