Assessing pain in older people with normal, mildly impaired or severely impaired...
A comprehensive assessment is essential for pain management and one tool on its own is rarely sufficient
17 Jul 2024
CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Supporting older adults who misuse alcohol
Nurses can offer support using their relationships with patients to encourage healthy behaviours
22 May 2024
Exercise as a falls prevention strategy in the care of older people
Nurses should motivate older people to exercise and adopt exercise-based falls prevention strategies
10 Jan 2024
Identifying incontinence and promoting continence in people living with dementia
Practical strategies that can support people living with dementia and their family carers
22 Nov 2023
Benefits of deprescribing for older people with frailty and polypharmacy: part two
Nurses should be aware of tools that may assist in preventing or reducing inappropriate medicines use
20 Sep 2023
Benefits of deprescribing for older people living with frailty and polypharmacy: part 1
Adverse effects of polypharmacy on older people and medicines optimisation for those living with frailty
06 Sep 2023
Recognising, reducing and preventing deconditioning in hospitalised older people
How nurses can help older people in hospital regain their mobility
08 Feb 2023
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Improving nutrition and hydration in older people with dementia in care homes
Person-centred interventions to improve food and drink intake of older people with dementia
07 Sep 2022
Frailty: an overview of concepts, risk factors, assessment tools and interventions
Increase your knowledge of how to assess, prevent and reduce frailty
06 Jul 2022
‘Guiding Lights for effective workplace cultures’
Enhancing the care environment for staff and patients in older people’s care settings
04 May 2022
COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures in long-term care settings
Enhance your knowledge of infection prevention measures to reduce risk of COVID transmission
09 Mar 2022
Demonstrating empathy when communicating with older people
Empathy is integral to communication with older people and central to person-centred care
12 Jan 2022
Supporting older people experiencing anxiety through non-pharmacological interventions
Anxiety is a debilitating condition that adversely affects people’s quality of life
03 Nov 2021
Basic assessment and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in older women
This article aims to provide nurses with an understanding of lower urinary tract symptoms
08 Sep 2021
Preventing and managing pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care
Appropriate nursing care to prevent, improve and heal pressure ulcers
09 Jun 2021
Preventing, identifying and managing delirium in nursing homes and acute settings
Older people in nursing homes are vulnerable to delirium, a condition causing confusion
02 Mar 2021
Holistic pain assessment in older people and older people living with dementia
Nurses have a crucial role in pain assessment for older people and those living with dementia
06 Jan 2021
Sexually speaking: person-centred conversations with people living with a dementia
Nursing responsibilities in addressing sexuality in people living with a dementia
04 Nov 2020