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Alison E While

Emeritus Professor of Community Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College, London; Fellow of the Queen's Nursing Institute

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‘No health without mental health’: where are we now?

Wellbeing is defined as the combination of living functionally and feeling well (Huppert, 2009). While it is recognised within this definition that negative emotions and experiences are a part of...

Management of work stress and burnout among community nurses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic

Burnout is a response to excessive stress at work, resulting in emotional exhaustion, de-personalisation and reduced personal accomplishment (see the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI); Maslach and...

Falls and older people: preventative interventions

This programme comprises 30 minutes of leg muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises that progress in difficulty and are performed at home at least three times per week, together with...

Falls and older people: understanding why people fall

Humans have evolved over millions of years to manage the effects of gravity. The head comprises a heavy skull protecting the brain and, unlike in apes, the human skull is positioned centrally to...

Life is for living: the contribution of the arts and gardens

Fancourt and Finn (2019) conducted a scoping review for the WHO of the global evidence of the effects of the arts on health and wellbeing. Their definition of the arts included performing arts such...

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