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The power of partnerships

01 December 2005

Nursing Older People

News comment

The power of effective partnerships between nurses and older people came to life vividly last month in Chester. From the inception of this conference and over two...

Social enterprise, an acceptable model for the health service?

01 February 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

UK’s health services are changing because the NHS has to change. These changes will be wide reaching and whether you work within the NHS or social care, the...

Outside the centre of care

01 June 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

Access to services for older people with mental health needs was once again on the agenda at this year’s RCN congress. The conference, held in Harrogate in April,...

Just another dignity report

01 November 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

In recent years, we have seen a plethora of policy documents relating to dignity. The Department of Health’s Green paper Independence, Wellbeing and Choice (DH 2005)...

Patient dignity: why nurses still struggle to achieve it

01 June 2008

Nursing Older People

News analysis

Dignity is, was and will be the focus for nursing and for every member of the nursing family. The concept was central at this year’s RCN Congress in May which...

Get political

01 March 2005

Nursing Older People

Letter

Nursing Older People just keeps getting better! The new layout is fantastic and the articles in the February issue were diverse and thought-provoking.

Intermediate care: policy rhetoric or an effective strategy? A review of the literature

01 May 2005

Nursing Older People

Gerontological care and practice

The definition of intermediate care has broadened from a range of services designed to ease the transition from hospital to home, and from medical dependence to...

Supporting people with complex needs

01 January 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

Advances in technological, medical and public health have increased life expectancy of the general population and to some extent these factors have also increased...

The future begins now

01 December 2007

Nursing Older People

News analysis

The shape of nursing and nurses in years to come was the focus for the start of November as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) launched its consultation on the...

The rise of falls research

01 July 2008

Nursing Older People

News analysis

Interest in falls, and morbidity and mortality related to falling, first gathered momentum from the publication of a standard in the National Service Framework for...