The local falls and osteoporosis service: does it meet the needs of patients?

Jan Husk, Jan Jensen, Shelagh O’Riordan

Patients who present with dementia: exploring the knowledge of hospital nurses

Victoria Fessey

Fear of social isolation: results of a survey of older adults in Gloucestershire

Sue Lillyman, Lucy Land

The new national framework for NHS continuing care

Nicky Hayes

Kate Davidson

Asymptomatic osteoporosis masks the importance of taking medication

Ruth Sander

Managing constipation requires a focus on education and assessment

Modifying medication for people with swallowing difficulties can be fatal

Anti-oxidants do not help to slow the development of age-related disease

Incidences of falls need to be looked at to determine means of prevention

The use of anticonvulsants in managing peripheral neuropathy

Reducing post-operative complications by using nutritional interventions

‘It will help identify opportunities to develop service provision’

Frances Grant

The final view

Christian Duffin

AMD: out of sight out of mind

David Pountney

Tools to care

Swaleh Toofany

Breaking the bread

Les Bright

Connecting with the grass roots of care and caring

Deborah Sturdy

And in other news

Locked in care

Daniel Allen

The future begins now

Rebecca Neno

Self-funded care: when more is less

Thelma Agnew

News in brief

Expert attacks poor record of dementia diagnosis in Scotland

Flu jab has no protective effect

‘Bar set too low’ in care homes

Death review should be mandatory

Denis Doherty

Terminally ill man who did not meet NHS national care home criteria dies

National hearing screening would be cost effective for over 55s

Karen Birmingham

A poke in the eye

Margaret Gurney