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Living with Alzheimer's
- Author:
- MEREDITH Huw
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.12.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the role of Admiral nurses who have mental health skills and explains how they can help carers achieve a reasonable quality of life.
A new lease of life
- Author:
- COTTER Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.5.98, 1998, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that nurses need to rethink the way they approach rehabilitative care of older people.
The impact of training and support on stress among care staff in nursing and residential homes for the elderly
- Authors:
- PROCTOR Rebekah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 7(1), February 1998, pp.59-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Assesses the impact of a training programme on care staff in nursing and residential homes for the elderly on symptoms of stress and work related pressure. Levels of reported psychological distress were shown to increase significantly among the control group sample at 6 months' follow-up. However, there was no significant increase in psychological distress amongst the care staff receiving the training intervention. Concludes that in view of the increasing levels of dependency among residents and the corresponding high levels of reported stress among care workers, further research into the efficacy of training and support for this group is sorely needed.
Measurements for long-term care: a guidebook for nurses
- Authors:
- BEATON Sarah R., VOGE Susan A
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 263p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA
Lists instruments for measurement for researchers and practitioners involved with users in long term care. Each entry includes: the name of the author, a description of the instrument, its psychometric properties, procedures for administration, sample items, information about scoring, and references.
Nursing an identity crisis
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.12.98, 1998, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at how reducing distress for a person with Alzheimer's Disease can be achieved through something as simple as empathy and describes the Focused approach to communicating with Alzheimer's patients.
Managing the depression in the older person
- Authors:
- WALKER Kathie, SEWELL Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Community Nurse, 4(9), October 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Nurses are well placed to identify signs of depression in older people. This article explains the different approaches to its effective management in primary care.
Memories are made of this
- Author:
- PAYNE David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.6.98, 1998, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on how nurses can help memory loss in Alzheimer's patients through the use of memory clinics.
What their words are telling us: ethical issues in nursing practice
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Ben, CAMERON Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(6), February 1998, pp.199-202.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Nurses face difficult ethical decisions every day of their working lives. The greatest, perhaps, is to follow a model of care distinct from conventional psychiatry; one which validates the individual's unique experience of reality. The authors explain in the context of working with elderly people.
Let the people come
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 30.4.98, 1998, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on how the long-term care royal commission roadshow is on its way, giving commissioners valuable insight into the public's views on service reorganisation.
The Taps project 40: quality of care provisions for the elderly mentally ill - traditional Vs alternative facilities
- Authors:
- WILLIS Walter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(4), April 1998, pp.225-234.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article evaluates some aspects of care reprovision for psychogeriatric patients. Seven hospital wards are compared with four community settings, established as part of the reprovision programme for Friern Hospital in London. Each facility was assessed for policy and programme, social climate and physical characteristics; staff attitudes in regard to their tasks, training needs and job satisfaction were also explored.