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Implementing COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures in long-term care settings
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had far-reaching and significant effects worldwide. Many of those identified as most vulnerable to the disease reside in long-term care settings such as nursing and residential homes, so infection prevention and control is an essential area of pra...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Effective communication with older people
Effective communication with older people is an important aspect of nursing practice. Ineffective communication can lead to older people feeling inadequate, disempowered and helpless. Nurses have a duty to ensure that older people think they are being listened to and that their concerns are being va...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Demonstrating empathy when communicating with older people
Empathy is an integral aspect of communication with older people and is central to person-centred care. As part of the provision of person-centred care, empathy supports effective communication, producing positive effects such as increased emotional well-being, increased adherence to treatment plans...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Holistic pain assessment in older people and older people living with dementia
Pain occurs in a wide range of diseases and long-term conditions associated with ageing and can affect every aspect of an individual’s life, reducing their ability to recover, their independence and their quality of life.The assessment of pain is an important aspect of nurses’ role and requires them...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Sexual health and well-being in later life
Sexual health in later life is becoming increasingly important as more people are reaching older age and are remaining sexually active well into their seventies and beyond. Alongside this, as more older people seek new relationships following partner death or divorce, the rates of newly diagnosed se...
Updated: 16 November 2023 -
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Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: risk assessment, management and prevention
Osteoporosis is a chronic skeletal condition characterised by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of the bones that disproportionately affects older people. Older people with osteoporosis are at increased risk of sustaining fragility fractures, and this risk is compounded by factors s...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Practising cultural humility to promote person and family-centred care
The concept of cultural humility in nursing involves an awareness of diversity and how an individual’s culture can affect their health behaviours. Nurses can use this awareness to develop sensitive, tailored and person-centred approaches to patient care, which ultimately contribute to a positive hea...
Updated: 19 January 2023 -
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Mallet finger injuries: the signs, symptoms, diagnosis and management
Patients commonly present to UK emergency departments with injuries to the tips of their fingers. Mallet finger is one of the most common injuries, resulting from an injury to the extensor tendon over the dorsal surface of the distal phalanges of the hand. Timely recognition, diagnosis and managemen...
Updated: 18 January 2023 -
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Heel pressure ulcers: understanding why they develop and how to prevent them
Because of its anatomical location and the fact that it has no muscle or fascia and little subcutaneous tissue, the heel is highly vulnerable to pressure damage and pressure ulcer development. Heel pressure ulcers are often severe and challenging to heal. Heel pressure ulcers are caused by factors s...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Approaches to managing older people using opiates and their risk of dependence
There is little doubt that opiates have transformed healthcare, particularly in relation to pain management. However, many patients prescribed this type of drug develop problems such as dependency. Although we do not know how many older people have developed such problems due to opiate use we know t...
Updated: 1 November 2023
