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Promoting adequate hydration in older people

01 June 2005

Nursing Older People

General

Water is fundamental to life. All living things are made up of 60 to 65 per cent water and every part of our bodies needs water in order to work properly. It is...

Promoting adequate nutrition

01 September 2005

Nursing Older People

General

Good nutrition is essential for sustaining life and a balanced diet is important for healing and well-being. The nutritional requirements of older people vary...

Strategies to assist prevention of burnout in nursing staff

07 December 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores strategies that nurses can use to protect themselves from burnout. The literature emphasises the need for organisational reform to prevent...

Promoting good care for people with hearing impairment

01 April 2005

Nursing Older People

General

In the UK there are approximately nine million people who are deaf or hard of hearing and most of these have developed their hearing loss with age. The proportion of...

Preventing and treating constipation in later life

01 June 2008

Nursing Older People

Feature

An efficient digestive system plays an essential part in maintaining health When it is not working properly we may feel bloated and lethargic and could experience...

Promoting healthy sight and eye care

01 March 2005

Nursing Older People

General

For most of us eyesight is a key to communicating with the world around us. Our eyes provide an important sensory function and allow us to enjoy activities such as...

Promoting adequate nutrition: using artificial feeding

01 January 2006

Nursing Older People

General

An earlier article in this series (Holman et al 2005a) identified that in some circumstances the decision is made to administer artificial feeding. Here, Cheryl...

Promoting oral hygiene

01 February 2005

Nursing Older People

General

A healthy mouth is essential for fulfilling the basic need of eating but most of us are probably most aware of its importance in terms of our well-being when...