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36 blog posts
  • James Maddocks James Maddocks 4 Aug 2025

    Rethinking a dementia journey

    For people living with dementia, a healthcare journey can feel confusing, overwhelming, and frightening whether it's a routine appointment or a blue-light emergency. For staff, especially those in transport or emergency care, supporting someone with cognitive impairment can be equally complex, particularly under pressure.

  • Stacey Finlay Stacey Finlay 9 Jul 2025

    Focusing on frailty is key to reducing falls

    Falls and frailty are linked in a cycle of harm. In this blog, I share why to prevent falls in older people living with frailty, we need to shift our focus away from a sole focus on risk avoidance and towards preventing and reversing frailty.

  • Lyndsey Dunn Lyndsey Dunn 9 Jul 2025

    Time matters: embracing a person centred approach to discharge planning

    Discharge planning is a crucial component of patient care that often goes unnoticed until it becomes a pressing issue. This Blog looks at embracing a person centred approach to discharge planning.

  • 3 Jul 2025

    Supporting older people across the frailty pathway

    How can each of us in our individual roles support older people across the Frailty Pathway?

  • Guest Blog, Older People's Forum Guest Blog, Older People's Forum 26 Jun 2025

    Pride in an LGBT+ Affirming Retirement Community

    This Blog looks at Tonic, at Bankhouse, and is the UK’s first LGBT+ affirming retirement community, offering a safe, inclusive space for older LGBT+ people to live with dignity and pride. Beyond housing, it fosters belonging, combats isolation, and champions systemic change in housing and care.

  • Care Home Open Week 2025 Carol Dale Carol Dale 17 Jun 2025

    A gentle revolution: Namaste Care

    The word ‘namaste’ carries a beautiful meaning – ‘to honour the spirit within’. In care homes across the world, this profound concept has transformed into a revolutionary approach to caring for our older people.

  • Emma Weir Emma Weir 2 Jun 2025

    Person-centred care of older people with diabetes

    Older people with diabetes face complex physical, emotional and social challenges. Person-centred, holistic care delivered by skilled nurses and allied healthcare professionals is key to improving health outcomes and quality of life through individually tailored support and shared decision-making.

  • Dr Katie Davis Dr Katie Davis 27 May 2025

    Take Five to Age Well: Empowering people towards healthier lives

    This blog is aimed at all members but will be of particular interest to those who have an interest in public health and healthy aging. Take5 is running for the month of May in 2025. 

  • Tiago Horta Reis da Silva Tiago Horta Reis da Silva 13 May 2025

    Oncology: navigating cancer in later life

    This blog explores the complexities of cancer care in older adults. With the growing incidence of cancer in this population, it emphasises the need for specialised geriatric oncology approaches in nursing to balance treatment goals with quality of life considerations for older cancer patients.

  • Tiago Horta Reis da Silva Tiago Horta Reis da Silva 9 May 2025

    Chronic Kidney Disease in Older People

    Chronic Kidney Disease poses a growing challenge in geriatric care across the United Kingdom, often progressing silently until advanced stages. With ageing populations and high rates of comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease demands targeted, early interventions.