Caroline McGraw & Professor Vari Drennan offer community nurses some insights into another country’s approach to the provision of long term care services. Comparing washing and bathing service provision in England and Japan

Caroline McGraw RGN, BA (Hons), PGDip (District Nursing), MSc, PhD is Lead District Nurse (Education & Research) NHS Islington, London

Professor Vari Drennan RN, HV cert, BSc, MSc, PhD is Professor of Health Policy and Service Delivery, Faculty of Health & Social Care Sciences, St George’s, University of London & Kingston University

Article accepted for publication: February 2009