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Constipation is not an inevitable part of ageing. Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol offer solutions to this often painful and embarrassing condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article, by Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol, is part of a series for care professionals and assistants on updating and learning new skills. It considers the importance of good nutrition in older people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This series is designed to assist care professionals and assistants in updating of learning new skills. This month, Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol consider age-related changes to hearing and how they can be ameliorated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article by Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol is the second in a new series for care professionals and assistants on updating and learning new skills. It considers the importance of eye care and promoting healthy sight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article by Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol is the first in a new series for care professionals and assistants on updating or learning new skills. It considers the importance of oral care in maintaining the all-round health and wellbeing of older people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores strategies that nurses can use to protect themselves from burnout. The literature emphasises the need for organisational reform to prevent burnout. In the absence of organisational change the use of problem-focused strategies and emotion-focused strategies, such as reflection, may offer some protection against burnout. There is evidence that improving nurses' wellbeing results in better patient care.

An earlier article in this series (Holman et al 2005a) identified that in some circumstances the decision is made to administer artificial feeding. Here, Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol describe the reasons why artificial feeding may be necessary in older people and how it can be administered.