Julie van Onselen & Margaret Cox provide an overview of skin changes that occur as we age – the intrinsic and extrinsic factors – and looks at the types of eczema most commonly experienced in later life.
Acknowledgements:
Reproduced with kind permission from the National Eczema Society (NES): This article first appeared in Exchange – National Eczema Society Members Magazine, Issue 139, pp 30-32, March 2011.
For more information please visit www.eczema.org. Alternatively ring the Healthcare Professional Information Line on 020 7561 8230 or the Patient Helpline on 0800 0891122.
Julie van Onselen, Independent Dermatology Nurse, National Eczema Society
Margaret Cox, Chief Executive, National Eczema Society
Article accepted for publication: June 2011
Margaret Barnett looks at providing nutritional support and advice to patients with COPD.
Margaret Barnett RGN is a COPD Specialist Nurse working in General Practice in Portsmouth.
Article accepted for publication: July 2011
Winner of the 2011 JCN Writing Awards, Teresa Davies explores the role of the district nurse in bereavement support visits to relatives of their patients.
Teresa Davies RGN, DN, Bsc (Hons) is a District Nurse in Llangollen, Wales.
Maureen Benbow discusses some basic strategies for dressing wounds and tips for dressing the more difficult to dress wounds located in awkward places, their correct application, maintenance and removal.
Maureen Benbow RGN, is a Senior Lecturer, University of Chester.
Article accepted for publication: July 2011
