{"title":"Equipping the healthcare workforce to meet the complex health needs of older people in the community: a skills-led approach.","authors":"Marie Prior, Susan Blake, Helen Lyndon","doi":"10.7748/nop.2023.e1454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.2023.e1454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The shift towards delivering more clinical care in the community not only supports the healthcare system by avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions, but can also improve outcomes, particularly for older people with complex healthcare needs. Therefore, healthcare organisations need to consider how to ensure their workforce has the capabilities required to provide care in accordance with this new model. This article details a project that involved the design and development of a replicable Ageing Well programme of learning to increase knowledge, skills and confidence among registered and unregistered practitioners, underpinned by a 'skills not roles' strategy. Although evaluation of the programme is ongoing, the authors encourage its wider adoption by outlining its benefits, how the challenges encountered during this project were overcome and the learning points gained from the experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138816056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing older peoplePub Date : 2023-12-05Epub Date: 2023-10-18DOI: 10.7748/nop.2023.e1448
Anita Duffy, Fiona Lawler, Christine Dalton, Michael Connolly
{"title":"Setting up a journal club for healthcare professionals in an older people's residential care setting.","authors":"Anita Duffy, Fiona Lawler, Christine Dalton, Michael Connolly","doi":"10.7748/nop.2023.e1448","DOIUrl":"10.7748/nop.2023.e1448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the rise in the number of older people in the population and new developments in older people's services such as integrated care hubs, there is a need for healthcare professionals working with older people to keep up to date with the latest research. This article describes the process of establishing a multidisciplinary journal club in a residential care setting and recognising the potential of such clubs to develop staff members' critical thinking, presentation and communication skills. The authors emphasise the importance of fostering a culture of learning in older people's services and describe how a journal club can support healthcare professionals to maintain their knowledge and improve care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":" ","pages":"21-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41242774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to improve care for older LGBT+ people in social care","authors":"Jessica Bradley","doi":"10.7748/nop.35.6.6.s2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.35.6.6.s2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":"135 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138598724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can nurses identify deconditioning in an older person?","authors":"Susan Royse","doi":"10.7748/nop.35.6.19.s9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.35.6.19.s9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":"45 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138598401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinically assisted hydration at end of life","authors":"Nick Evans","doi":"10.7748/nop.35.6.16.s7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.35.6.16.s7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":"21 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138601087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How nurses can lead change and improvement in palliative care","authors":"Nick Evans","doi":"10.7748/nop.35.6.9.s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.35.6.9.s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":"97 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138599887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zena Aldridge, Laura Elsegood, Sarah Murray, Alison Wileman
{"title":"Identifying incontinence and promoting continence in people living with dementia.","authors":"Zena Aldridge, Laura Elsegood, Sarah Murray, Alison Wileman","doi":"10.7748/nop.2023.e1451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.2023.e1451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urinary and faecal incontinence are more prevalent among older people but, like dementia, incontinence is not a normal or inevitable part of ageing. The number of people living with dementia who experience continence issues is likely to be underestimated because many people avoid reporting them as a result of embarrassment and stigma, or because they think incontinence is an inevitable symptom of dementia and that nothing can be done about it. Increased awareness and understanding of the relationship between dementia and incontinence is needed so that nurses can persuade people living with dementia and their family carers to discuss continence issues, assess their needs and provide support. There are several practical strategies that can reduce the incidence of incontinence, counter its negative effects and promote continence in people living with dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":94162,"journal":{"name":"Nursing older people","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138292596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}