Family influence

Daniel Allen

An overview of chronic kidney disease in older people

Robert Lewis

Barriers to keeping warm in later life

Angela Tod, Adelaide Lusambili, Jo Cooke, Catherine Homer, Jo Abbott, Amanda Stocks, Kath McDaid

Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: a background to the phenomenon

Gary Mitchell, Patricia McCollum, Catherine Monaghan

Practice question

Clare Abley, Rachel Thompson

Journal scan

Ruth Sander

Noticeboard

Diary

Dementia Care in Nursing

Dave Pulsford

Practical Psychiatry of Old Age

Claire Chatterton

Personal Resilience for Healthcare Staff

Phil Russell

Political puzzle

June Andrews

Forum focus - All the lonely people

Sue Edwards

Burden on A&E must be eased to cope with seasonal demand

Nick Triggle

Nurses to have new role in personal health budgets

Louise Hunt

Residents in Cornwall relive the 1950s

Services should be integrated for care of chronic conditions

Not enough being done on end of life care promise

Sophie Blakemore

Pioneer whistleblower writes book about his battle for justice

Training of support workers will become standardised

Framework enables staff, to check if their practice is up to date

Free online tool shows how dementia-friendly acute wards are created

News in brief

Spreading the warmth

Nicky Hayes