Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 4 Issue 1

Editorial

Ron Iphofen

Improving the quality of diabetes care in residential and nursing homes: The importance of education

Julia Styles

Wherever elderly individuals with diabetes reside, whether at home, in a residential home or in a nursing home, they deserve to have good‐quality, structured care provided by…

Is there a future for the informal homecare of older people in a changing society?

Christine Smith, Sherrill Snelgrove, Chris Armstrong‐Esther, June Clark

The objective of the research reported here was to provide an opportunity to raise issues relevant to the ongoing debate on informal care of older people by exploring the…

Older people with a sensory impairment: The assessment and management of care

Catherine Robinson, Diane Seddon, Vanessa Webb, Jim Hill, Judith Soulsby

This paper explores the findings from a recent study about the assessment and management of care for older people who may have a sensory impairment. Using qualitative research…

Pain management and the older person: Older people feel pain too A report of a Conference at RCN Headquarters, Cow Dray Hall, Cavendish Square, London on 2 December 2002

Mike Lavelle

Book reviews