Blog
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10 Oct 2024
Falls and the essential role nurses can play
Falling continues to be a critical public health issue for older adults, with approximately one-third of persons aged 65 years and older falling each year. This blog looks at the essential role nursing can play in falls prevention.
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7 Oct 2024
Celebrating International Older Persons Day
To celebrate International Older Persons Day (01 October) the RCN Older People's forum have collated blog posts from people who were happy to talk about this years theme 'The part we play: Celebrating the integral role of older people in our communities'.
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1 Oct 2024
Teepa Snow
Sandra Blade and Jo Roche attended the Teepa Snow sessions recently. Teepa Snow is an American dementia care specialist and an occupation therapist. Read their blog to learn more.
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23 Aug 2024
Registered Nursing Associates in Social Care
In this blog, Maritess shares her experience of evaluating the nursing associates in social care to increase awareness about their role. She shares how the journey transformed her perspectives about their role and responsibilities and its importance to her as a Registered Nurse and the wider nursing family.
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23 Aug 2024
Why nursing voices matter in shaping care home research
Research undertaken in older adult care homes helps to drive innovation, but should be guided by what's important to residents and the people who support them – including nurses, who play a crucial part in residents' care. Do you have ideas about where care home research could make a difference?
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14 May 2024
Ageing in Place: Nursing Older People at Home
This blog discusses the importance of providing nursing care to older individuals in their homes, particularly for geriatrics, community health, and home care professionals. It highlights the benefits of quality care delivery and promotes well-being and independence.
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24 Apr 2024
Impacts of inter-professional student placements in care homes
NHS England TPEP funding gave us the opportunity to evaluate the impact of inter-professional student placements in care homes on staff and students' knowledge, skills, and personal development, and residents' experiences of their care.
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8 Apr 2024
Dancing and music therapy in the community
Following my blog on the Teesside Community approach to dementia care my colleague Marie Kerr has written more information about the dances and music therapy to promote health and well being to clients in the South Tees area.
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26 Mar 2024
Becoming Victor: Using virtual reality in frailty education
Victor is based on a real gentleman. When you put the virtual reality glasses on you reappear in his flat, as you look around you can see football on the telly, tablets on the side to be taken, phone in the corner. Then the frailty impairments come in... mobility, vision, hearing, cognition... and you can't see what makes Victor Victor, you don't focus on one health or care need, you are all in - experiencing the vulnerability and frustration associated with living with frailty. Hundreds of learners have Become Victor during our frailty awareness and teaching. This blog shares some of what we've learnt along the way to keep people psychologically and physically safe.
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5 Mar 2024
Why nurses caring for older people need to know about social care
Knowing only about nursing care of older people is no longer enough. Nurses must now inform families about other issues and signpost them to supports on topics as wide as benefits, allowances, carers' rights, legal rights, and how to navigate the whole health and social care system.
