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Hypothermia: assessment treatment and prevention

01 October 2005

Nursing Older People

CPD

Hypothermia is a condition that can have serious consequences, yet its symptoms are often unrecognised in older people because they can be easily confused with...

Hypothermia: assessment, treatment and prevention

26 January 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

Hypothermia is a condition that can have serious consequences, yet its symptoms are often unrecognised in older people because they can be easily confused with...

Medication management: older people and nursing

01 October 2005

Nursing Older People

Gerontological care and practice

Since 2001, medication management has been the topic of numerous reviews (Department of Health (DH) 2001a, 2001b), the increased collaboration between medical and...

Arthritis in the older person: part 1

01 June 2005

Nursing Older People

Continuing professional development

Part 1 of this two-part article identifies the major musculoskeletal disorders affecting older people, the signs and symptoms of these disorders and the available...

Infections and their treatment in older people

01 April 2005

Nursing Older People

CPD

Bacteria are robust micro-organisms that can survive even in the presence of antibiotics. This has led to problems treating bacterial infections. Bacteria are the...

‘Keeping Well’: a local approach to delivering health advice and information

01 December 2005

Nursing Older People

Care

Ann Hunt describes the establishment of the Keeping Well Centre, an innovative type of day service provision with an emphasis on education, advice and information...

Arthritis in the older person: part 2

01 July 2005

Nursing Older People

CPD

Part 1 of this article, in last month’s Nursing Older People, identified the major musculoskeletal disorders affecting older people, the signs and symptoms of these...