Currently considerable emphasis is placed on the promotion of person‐centred care, which
has become a watchword for good practice. This paper takes a constructively critical look at …

Care homes play a vital role in the provision of support for the frailest members of our
society, and given the demographic trends their role will continue for the foreseeable future …

• Safe visiting practices include: conducting outdoor visits where possible, indoor visits
should be in well ventilated separate areas, infection control procedures should be followed …

J13202_GRiP Heading Page 1 The Senses Framework: Improving Care For Older People
Through a Relationship-Centred Approach Mike Nolan1 Jayne Brown1 Sue Davies1 Janet …

BACKGROUND: Gerontological nursing is often viewed as unchallenging and is rarely a
positive career choice for student nurses. Issues of recruitment and retention in …

Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to
control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of …

This study evaluated whether a participatory action research intervention with nursing staff
on acute care older people National Health Service wards in the United Kingdom was …

Background: In the United Kingdom, an approach to improving end-of-life care has been the
introduction of 'just in case'or 'anticipatory'medications. Nurses are often responsible for …

Context Numerous attempts have been made to describe and define sedation in end-of-life
care over time. However, confusion and inconsistency in the use of terms and definitions …

Long‐term care in general, and care homes in particular, have never enjoyed high status as
a place to live and work. This remains the case. In large part this marginalised position is …