Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 2 Issue 2

Editorial

Ron Iphofen, Chris Joyce

The twilight zone? NHS services for older people in residential and nursing homes

Sally Jacobs, Caroline Glendinning

This paper reviews evidence about the relationships between NHS services and nursing and residential homes in England and Wales. Since the transfer in 1993 of responsibility for…

Competencen in home care

Lesley Bell

More and more people are receiving care while living in their own homes, a far greater number than are in residential and nursing home care, and in some cases with more complex…

Neuroleptic drug use in long‐term care: An inappropriate panacea?

Brad Hagen, Christopher Armstrong‐Esther

Despite the increasing evidence about the inappropriate use of medications by older people, there is very little published evidence about the control and monitoring of neuroleptic…

Developing partnerships with older people and their family carers: The ÄldreVäst Sjuhärad model

Lennart Magnusson, Mike Nolan, Liz Hanson, Harriet Berthold, BengtArne Andersson

This article describes the aims and philosophy of a research centre focusing on the needs of older people and their family carers in West Sweden (ÄldreVäst Sjuhärad). The Centre…

Book reviews