This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The prevalence of elder abuse is often underestimated as a result of under-reporting, social stigma and lack of awareness. According to the World Health Organization (2022a; 2022b), approximately 1 in...
The technology revolution is not necessarily new. Initiatives like the shift from a paper-based model to a digital e-community service model were implemented in 2019 in the Whittington Health NHS...
The State of Ageing 2023–24 report provides a contemporary overview of older people living in England, drawn from a range of sources, including ONS data from the Census 2021.
The population of England and Wales is ageing, with the number of people aged 65–79 years predicted to increase by nearly a third to over 10 million in the next 40 years. Furthermore, those aged 80...
‘To maintain the 2020 healthcare workforce density, the WHO (2023) has asserted that an additional 13.7 million healthcare workers will be needed through to 2030 within Organisation for Economic...
As the ageing population continues to increase, more older adults are living at home and there is a need for evidence to support dermatological care and improved skin health in community settings. The...
It remains true that strongly held religious and cultural beliefs can prevent people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds from accessing palliative care. However, it also remains true...
Stress is a naturally occurring adaptation reaction in human beings in response to internal or external threats to homeostasis (Lecic-Tosevski et al, 2011). People with dementia, as with any person,...
There is limited data regarding the prevalence of self-neglect within the UK, coupled with multiple ambiguous definitions of the term (National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), 2020)....
An ileostomy is a life-changing surgery, performed to save or improve patients’ lives. As such, lifestyle adjustments are essential to ensure that these patients adapt to the physiological changes in...
The World Health Organization (2023) defines diabetes as a chronic, metabolic disease characterised by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which over time can lead to serious damage to...
British Journal of Community Nursing provides clinical education dedicated to nursing in the home. Our goal is to help you develop your skills, improve your practice and manage cases more effectively.
Evidence-based best practice
Peer-reviewed research
Focus on elderly care and long-term conditions
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