Caring for older people

The delivery of dignity when caring for older people.

Everyone has a different understanding of what it means to have dignity, however, it is commonly associated with being in control and valued. The dignity of older people is therefore vulnerable as they are likely to be in positions of reduced control over their wellbeing. The six senses framework describes the characteristics of a health and social care environment which can promote dignity. Th...

'Stitched drawings' and caring for our older people.

Involving students in the challenges of caring for older people.

Students acquire nursing knowledge and values through occupational socialisation during varied work-based placements. Such experiences not only influence their career paths but, crucially, their orientation towards older people in practice. This paper draws on research exploring nursing students' experiences of working with older people during a pre-registration course. It aims to show how unde...

Caring for People

In 1962 the National Council of Social Service set up a committee of enquiry into the staffing of residential homes under the chairmanship of Professor Lady Williams. The report of this four years work and study will be eagerly read by all concerned with 'caring for people'. The report takes a close look at residential care. It limits its scope to those establishments where the first aim is to ...

Caring for older adults.

The NLN’s vision of this transformed nursing education discipline (summarized in the Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors [ACES] Essential Nursing Actions) includes: Attending to emerging demographics and changing health care needs Teaching the evolving knowledge of caring for older adults Designing intentional encounters with older adults in a variety of health care settings Cultivating stude...