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Practice question
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A serious condition with poor outcomes, delirium is best prevented by early identification and treatment
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How you can improve the outcomes for older people in clinical settings by integrating physical and mental healthcare.
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Joint activities such as art, sewing, knitting, cooking or growing plants help relationships grow between the generations
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Frailty is not an inevitable part of ageing, yet it is more common in older people.
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Activities are not always seen as integral in a person's overall care and are often arranged by care home staff and not by registered nurses.
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What staff can do to help patients get home quicker and prevent deconditioning
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How can I broach the subject of advance care planning with families, when the person with dementia lacks capacity and is near the end of life?
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Nurses need the knowledge and skills to identify older people who are lonely so they can choose the appropriate service or intervention.
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How can I set up a musical group for residents in my care home?
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Research shows poor oral health in older people can cause a range of health problems
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Relatives and informal carers experience difficulties when seeking to engage and collaborate with health professionals, as demonstrat
We all want to provide efficient and effective care for older people, but sometimes we focus so much on efficiency, effectiveness and achieving targets that we forget we are caring for fellow humans.
A hospital admission can be bewildering for people with dementia or delirium. Staff can have difficulty managing what they perceive to be unsafe behaviour and so adopt one-to-one nursing to minimise risk.
Situations often arise in care settings, particularly those that support older adults, when individuals lack capacity to make decisions about their care or treatment.
What are twiddlemuffs is a question I have been asked many times in the months since we introduced these handmade knitted items in Exeter.
Concordance concerns the ability of a person to take medication as prescribed. Whether the person with cognitive impairment chooses, or is able, to take medication as prescribed is multifactorial:
