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Comprehensive nursing assessment in the care of older people

01 February 2008

Nursing Older People

Care

A comprehensive assessment is the first stage of the nursing process. In rehabilitation nursing, it provides the foundation for care that enables individuals to gain...

Supporting older people with acute confusion: the contribution of mental health nurses

01 March 2001

Nursing Older People

General

Contemporary services have become organised in ways that reduce the opportunity for the sharing of skills and expertise between nurses of different disciplines (UKCC...

Implementing the single assessment process using the Minimum Data Set – Home Care: a pilot study

01 December 2004

Nursing Older People

Care

Standard two of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) (Department of Health 2001) describes a single assessment process (SAP) which aims to raise...

Can over-75 health checks identify unmet need?

05 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Eight years on from the introduction of annual health checks for older people in primary care, the authors describe how this initiative was introduced and developed...

Oral health in older people

01 October 2000

Nursing Older People

CPD

Oral health is an area which is often overlooked when caring for older people. This article gives guidelines on how to ensure that older people do not suffer...

Oral health in long-term care settings

01 October 2000

Nursing Older People

Nursing practice

For the first time in at least a century, most older people in the UK will have some of their own teeth. An estimated 83 per cent of people over 65 years of age are...