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Dancing to keep young@heart

01 March 2008

Mental Health Practice

Health promotion

Since the 1980s, pit closures have had devastating effects on many villages, towns and communities in England, especially in the Midlands and the north. Waddington...

Chinese older people in Hong Kong: health beliefs about influenza vaccination

01 September 2008

Nursing Older People

Care

A health belief survey of 70 community-dwelling Chinese older people was carried out in five general outpatient clinics in the Kowloon East hospital cluster of Hong...

Using drawing to explore student nurses’ perceptions of older age

01 July 2003

Nursing Older People

General

As three lecturers in the care of older people with a strong interest in research, we consider challenging ageism a high priority in student nurse education. We...

Effective communication with older people

13 November 2002

Nursing Standard

CPD

There are many potential barriers to effective communication between nurses and clients. This article describes how communication with older people can be enhanced.

Are we going ‘stateside’?

01 July 2003

Nursing Older People

General

It is a year since the implementation of the Care Standards Act (CSA) (DoH 2000) and the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People (NMS) (DoH 2001)....

Person-centred assessment with older people

01 May 2004

Nursing Older People

CPD

This article describes the principles behind the assessment of older people’s needs and the challenges inherent in developing a person-centred framework for...