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Parkinson’s in old age can be a complex individual condition that affects physical and psychological function and wellbeing.
Paget’s disease of the bone is a chronic condition that affects bone remodelling in focal areas of the skeleton.
Heart failure has significant prevalence in older people: the mean average age of patients with the condition is 77.
Osteomalacia is a musculoskeletal condition that results in soft bones due to ineffective mineralisation.
For many people who have had a stroke, weakness or paralysis on one side - hemiparesis or hemiplegia - is the most obvious symptom.
There is a lack of consensus about how early chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be diagnosed and managed in older people.
When someone has a stroke it can cause death or severe disability. However, advances in treatment have changed the way professionals need to respond.
The aim of this article is to explore prescribing and medicines management in older people.
Labelling theory and Stockwell’s seminal work on the unpopular patient can help inform nurses’ interactions with patients in the modern healthcare system.
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This article provides an overview of the role of the nurse in the assessment and management of five ocular conditions that give rise to an acute red eye in
Being able to communicate with older people with dementia requires a high level of competence in assessment of specific and individual communication challen
As individuals age a number of physical and cognitive changes affect their nutritional intake.
The incidence of fractures increases with advancing age partly due to the presence of multiple comorbidities and increased risk of falls. Common fracture sites in older people include femoral neck, distal radius and vertebral bodies.
This article focuses on the assessment and management of depression in older people in primary care. Depression in older people is a common mental health problem.
This article discusses the role that immunity plays in the risk of diarrhoea and the potential role for probiotics in the management of acute infectious diarrhoea in older people, including antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and Clostridium difficile-associated
The sharing of nursing knowledge between clinicians can strengthen the profession. Clinicians often underestimate the relevance and importance of what they may contribute and feel daunted by the idea of writing for publication.
The relationship between the attitudes and behaviours of nurses and the resulting care that they provide to older people is explored. It aims to raise nurses’ awareness and encourages them to reflect on their personal values and behaviours.
Influenza is an acute, highly infectious viral infection. Seasonal outbreaks occur annually across the world, presenting a major public health challenge.
