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Bedtime rituals of nursing home residents: a study

05 February 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores the bedtime rituals espoused by a sample of elderly residents in a nursing home and the extent to which care assistants meet individual needs....

Developing a tissue viability nursing assistant role

21 April 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the approach taken to introduce and develop the role of the tissue viability nursing assistant in the tissue viability team at the University...

Reviewing the roles of nurses and health care assistants in general practice

01 September 2007

Primary Health Care

General

The Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP), which supports general practice with capacity-building resources and strategies, commissioned a rapid review to explore...

How to assess competence levels of healthcare assistants

01 May 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are becoming increasingly important to healthcare provision. There are 350,000 HCAs employed in the NHS (Working in Partnership...

Older people’s mental health services: supporting and developing health care assistants

01 July 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

As the proportion of older people in our population rises, an increasing number will receive care and support from mental health services because of anxiety,...

How to optimise the registered nurse contribution in care homes

24 March 2012

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

This article aims to offer ideas that may be useful to care homes when considering priorities for registered nurse (RN) work. Drawing on the findings of research...

Opening the door to healthcare assistants and support workers

01 September 2003

Nursing Older People

General

Some years ago staff in the department of clinical geratology at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford saw the need to address the preparation and development of...