Relevant articles from MA Healthcare
journals to support your staff’s education and practice
October 2017
With the UK’s rapidly aging
population, healthcare professionals within the NHS are facing an increasing
number of complex health conditions relating to the health and care of elderly
people. The more common conditions affecting older patients are cardiovascular
disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cancer. Frailty is also a major
issue with the increase in the number of bone fractures resulting from falls
and accidents. Mental health is just as important, with loneliness and
isolation having an additional impact on the health of elderly people today.
This month
MA Healthcare is raising awareness about the importance of right care of the
elderly, so that they can receive the high-quality health and social care they
need in order to live happy and healthy lives.
We have
provided a list of relevant articles from MA Healthcare journals dealing with
this area, thereby providing your NHS staff with research, information and tips
that will support both their work and their patients.
Journal of Kidney Care:
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CKD
and frailty: outcomes from a quality initiative for older patients
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Achieving
the best results for older people on peritoneal dialysis
Practice Management:
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Dementia:
The path to a cure
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Caring
conversations
British Journal of Hospital Medicine:
·
Infection
in the older patient
·
Assessment
of frailty in the inpatient setting
British Journal of Community Nursing;
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Preventing
falls in older people
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Perspectives
on the risks for older adults living independently
British Journal of Neuroscience
Nursing:
·
Frail
older people shown to be at risk of traumatic brain injury
·
Communication
in end-of-life care for people with dementia: an Admiral Nurse case study
Nurse Prescribing:
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Helping
people grow old gracefully
·
Polypharmacy
and older people
British Journal of Nursing:
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Ensuring
the safe discharge of older patients from hospital
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Student
nurses' perceptions of dignity in the care of older people
Practice Nursing:
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A perfect storm: an elderly population,
increasing obesity and rises in diabetes and dementia
Gastrointestinal nursing:
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Gastrointestinal issues in cystic fibrosis: a
lifetime of disease http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/gasn.2016.14.5.39
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Older people and alcohol use
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British Journal of Healthcare Assistants:
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Advance care planning: the HCA's role
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Bed bathing: how good cleaning turns into great care
Independent Nurse:
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Post-polio syndrome: The legacy of a long-forgotten problem https://doi.org/10.12968/indn.2017.4.21
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Malnutrition in the elderly
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