In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. In this issue, after recent reports of poor care, we take a look at services for older people and ask the question...
Gaye Kyle discusses the nurse’s responsibility for administrating medication in a safe and acceptable manner to patients with dementia and makes recommendations for practice in the light of current evidence.
Gaye Kyle RGN, BA(Hons), Dip Ed, MA, is an Independent Lecturer
Article accepted for publication: October 2011
Damon Thompson and June Campbell discusses a Scottish project aimed at increasing the awareness of the needs of people with dementia and their carers, through providing teaching sessions and information packs for district nurses and health visitors.
Kirstie Davison reports on the South Cotswolds memory project. April 1999-October 2000.
At the time of writing Kirstie Davison MCSP was a Project Worker for Dementia Voice, Blackberry Hill Hospital, Bristol. She is now employed as a Resource & Training Officer, Age Concern, Herefordshire & Worcestershire.
Article accepted for publication
September 2001.
Deborah Edwards et al. describe a Welsh study which looked at the factors surrounding increased stress levels in community mental health nurses.
Deborah Edwards MPhil, BSc (Hons) is a Lead Researcher.
Ann Fothergill PhD, BSc (Hons), PGCE, RGN, RMN is a Lecturer.
Ben Hannigan BA (Hons), MA, RGN, RMN, DPSN (CPN) is a Lecturer.
Philip Burnard PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, DipN, CertEd, RNT is Vice Dean.
Dave Coyle is a Lecturer.
All employed at the University of Wales College of Medicine.
Article accepted for publication May 2001.
Zahra Pah Lavan continues her neurology series with an overview of Alzheimers disease.
Zahra Pah-Lavan BSc (Hons), RN is a freelance health writer.
Article accepted for publication: January 2006