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NURSING STUDENTS should have dignity instilled into the way they think and act from their first day at university, according to a major report. The recommendation is part of the [...]

Our cover story in this issue relates to an article on assessment and management of pain in patients receiving palliative care (page 23). Lloyd Hughes highlights that treatment with strong [...]

NURSES WHO work predominantly with older people believe they are still not seen as specialists by peers, according to a study on international nursing opinion. The research replicated a UK [...]

Injuries from falls are among the leading causes of death of people aged over 75 in the UK. Aside from hip fractures, falls can start a chain of adverse psychological [...]

OLDER PEOPLE receive substandard hospital care because of a lack of specific training, according to the King's Fund. Although older patients account for 70 per cent of occupied beds and [...]

Older people comprise the majority of hospital inpatients, but as an RCN project (page 6 and page 20) has found, older people's wards are characterised by the lowest staffing levels [...]

FRACTURE LIAISON nurse specialists should be employed in primary and secondary care settings across England to prevent falls in older people, according to a report. Compiled by charities Age UK [...]

NURSE LEADERS and charities have welcomed the health select committee's call for greater integration of health and social care services in England. Rather than the current system of multiple funding [...]

An example of excellent acute care is profiled in this issue with a visit to Leicester Royal Infirmary's emergency frailty unit (EFU) (analysis, page 6). The unit was developed in [...]

Assisted suicide made the headlines again in January with publication of the Commission on Assisted Dying's report. The commission said there is a 'strong case' for legalising assisted suicide for [...]

There was more positive news for the specialty last month with the launch of a UK-wide RCN project to increase the number of nurses on older people's wards (page 7). [...]

CARE HOME residents in the UK are routinely being denied access to NHS services, according to the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). Up to 400,000 older people live in care homes [...]

The issue of caring for older people has remained high on the news agenda over the summer. Andrew Dilnot's report on how to pay for adult social care was published [...]

A new report on malnutrition makes for depressingly familiar reading. The results of the latest British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition survey highlight that the health of patients and [...]

Nurses will be demoralised by the health service ombudsman's report on the care of older people in the NHS in England. I was struck by its lack of recommendations at [...]

As we approach the end of the year, dementia remains high on the political agenda with 45 organisations, including the RCN and the Department of Health (DH), signing the National [...]

NURSES ARE being urged to screen all older patients at risk of malnutrition on admission to hospital and throughout their stay. The charity Age UK found that increasing numbers of [...]

NURSE EDUCATORS have called for better training of care home staff after a report revealed that some do not know a suspected stroke is an emergency. A National Audit Office [...]

ONE THIRD of patients expected to die after admission to an acute hospital did not receive end of life care, according to a report. The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient [...]

World Arthritis Day was celebrated on October 12. The aims of the day are to raise awareness about all forms of arthritis, influence public policy and highlight the support available [...]

THE PATIENTS Association has defended its critical report about poor nursing by claiming that its intention was not to attack the profession. The association's Patients ... Not Numbers, People ... [...]

The subject of assisted suicide has been high on the news agenda over the summer. In July the RCN's ruling council voted to adopt a neutral stance on assisted suicide [...]

ONE OF the downsides of a youth-oriented society is that it assumes older people are not sexual beings. But many older people may consider sexual activity and its associated feelings [...]

TWO ARTICLES in this month's journal focus on different aspects of care for people with dementia. On page 34 Jan Dewing explores the effect of noise and light in care [...]

How to use this assessment This self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) will help you to test your knowledge. It comprises ten multiple-choice questions that are broadly linked to the preceding feature. There [...]

MENTAL HEALTH problems are common in older people. In the UK one quarter of admissions to mental health inpatient services are people aged over 65. The number of people aged [...]

Little research has been undertaken on the role of nurses in caring for older people with learning disabilities. Yet the number of older people with learning disabilities is set to [...]

It's an exciting, if challenging, time for all nurses caring for older people. The first National Dementia Strategy for England (Department of Health 2008) is due to be published this [...]