Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The presence of pain in a person with dementia can often be missed.
If high-quality, person-centred care is to be provided for older people with complex needs, it is essential that nurse education shou
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This second part details clinical recommendations for this patient group
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Aim To develop an education and partnership programme between the trust and nursing home staff in Northern Ireland.
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Digital health technology (DHT) encompasses a wide range of applications and interventions with the potential to address the health needs of an increasingly ageing population.
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The findings of a literature review exploring oral and dental disease in older adults
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In November 2015 it became apparent that a person with dementia’s journey through the acute hospital was not always as streamlined as it should have been.
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This article describes the development of a simulation training day for multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) working on acute adult wards with the aim of improvin
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Background Ageing in place (AIP) is the ability to live in one’s home and community independently, despite age, ability level or income.
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Measuring lying and standing blood pressure (BP) is an important clinical observation in older hospital inpatients.
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Aim To establish the effectiveness of a restorative home support service on institutional-free survival in frail older people referred for need
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In 2016 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a guideline on oral health for adults in care homes in England.
The aim of this project was to identify the support required by registered nurses and unregistered healthcare support workers to provide palliative care for people with dementia in an acute hospital in England.
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To establish the effectiveness of a restorative home support service on institutional-free survival in frail older people referred for needs assessment.
The aim of this project was to identify the support required by registered nurses and unregistered healthcare support workers to provide palliative care for people with dementia in an acute hospital in England.
In 2016 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a guideline on oral health for adults in care homes in England.
Reduction in vision is not inevitable but a manageable consequence of getting older. Some physiological and disease processes associated with ageing may reduce vision and, in some cases, this reduction in vision cannot be treated. Much of it can be prevented, however.
Aim To consider how the older person constructs the experience of cancer pain and how this is informed by expectations and experiences.
