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Workforce Plan: A Missed Opportunity for Palliative Care?

The recently published NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (NHS England, 2023) coincides with the 75th anniversary of the creation of the NHS, and heralds a seminal plan to increase staffing levels to match...

Who Bears Responsibility for the Post-Acute Older Adult: Patient, Family or State?

Ireland’s legislation in this area—the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act (ADMCA) (Goverment of Ireland, 2015) promotes patient autonomy and seeks to empower patients to express their will and...

A Survey of Community Nurses' Knowledge and Strategies Used to Relieve Breathlessness in People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A total of 59 community registered nurses completed the survey (response rate: 42%; n=59/140 community nurses). There were no missing items. The administration time was approximately 20 minutes. Most...

Diabetes Management and the Role of the Community Nurse: a Holistic Perspective

Ideally, it is the role of any healthcare provider to empower and support patients to be confident in and capable of self-management of both types of diabetes; however, the reality is that...

Oral Health and Community Nursing: a Practical Guide to the Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit for Adults

Oral diseases affect patients across the life course, with tooth decay listed as the number one reason for hospital admissions in children aged 6 to 10 years old (Office for Health Improvement and...

Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma: a Biopsychosocial Approach to Patient Care

The ageing world population is rapidly increasing. In 2019, 9% of the population were over 65 years and the United Nations expect this figure to almost double to 16% by 2050. An acceleration of older...

Overview of Urinary Incontinence

The National Institutes for Health (NIH) (2023) explains that the bladder tightens in order to move urine into the urethra while the muscles surrounding it relax to allow the urine to pass out of the...

Integrated care systems: a potential for improving care of housebound older adults

An article in last month's issue (Ohashi and Kawai, 2023) was about increasing social interaction in older housebound people in Japan, and reducing their isolation and health sequelae. In this month's...

The pandemic has ended…

‘It has been found that social isolation was associated with mortality from all causes and an increased risk of dementia, that loneliness was associated with heart failure, and poor social...

Impact of lifestyle on cognitive decline, part one: the role of diet

he discussion regarding what really affects our brains throughout our lives has been ongoing for some time. We know that alcohol and drugs are part of a lifestyle that can damage our brains, and we...

Facilitating dying at home through the Hospice at Home service

‘You may not need to move away from home to receive care, as end of life and hospice care can be provided at home. To find out what's available locally, ask your GP. Your GP can arrange for community...

The Frailty Matters Project

Preventing and managing frailty remains a new area for many community practitioners and for their community partners. This study has identified that the current management of frailty by community...

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