Home truths

Daniel Allen

What motivates patients and carers to participate in dementia studies?

Emma Law, Tom C Russ, Peter J Connelly

Meeting the religious needs of residents with dementia

Patricia Higgins

Exploring nurses’ use of language with older people

Peter Draper, Jane Wray, Sandra Burley

Practice question

Barbara Schofield

Journal scan

Ruth Sander

Noticeboard

Diary

The evidence speaks for itself

Christine Neville

Left in the dark about asthma

Elaine Carnegie, Angela Jones

Forum focus - Our residential care homes are losing expert nurses

Hazel Heath

Calculation Skills for Nurses

Dave Pulsford

Blood Results in Clinical Practice

Philip Woodrow

Carers are left adrift without essential support and advice on dementia

Lisa Berry

Demand grows for an official advocate for older people

Nick Triggle

Conference focuses on delivering and monitoring the 6Cs

Wales older people’s commissioner: NHS still needs to improve

Diabetes self-medication unchecked in care homes

Lisa Berry

Nurses urged to detect vision problems early after acute stroke

Nutrition group warns hospitals ignoring the importance of food

On your marks…

News in Brief

Thankful for being asked

Lisa Berry