How to find undetected cases of dementia in care homes: A new approach to dementia diagnosis using a diagnostic tool with five criteria to check and specialist nurses going into care homes and assessing residents could improve detection rates

The pandemic took its toll on memory clinics with many forced to close or scale back their services. This led to lengthening waits for dementia assessment and left many without a diagnosis.

Ensuring good continence care for patients: tips for nurses working in the community: There are many options to try before offering pads to patients with continence issues. Find out how to ask the right questions, assess symptoms and provide support

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Good continence care: tips for nurses working in any setting: How to ask the right questions, assess symptoms and provide support before offering pads to patients with continence issues

The article offers tips for nurses on providing care for patients with continence issues. Topics discussed include the consequences of pressures on continence services, the lack of confidence among nurses in continence, tools used for initial assessment of bladder symptoms in adults, and the lack of services for younger patients with bladder and bowel issues in the Untied Kingdom.

Nurse leadership in social care: how to build stronger teams: The pandemic highlighted the complex role of social care nursing, but career pathways and peer support will help change its image

The author offers tips for nurse leaders on building an effective social care nursing team. Topics discussed include social care nurses' need for support from across the nursing profession to carry out their roles, the significant role of nurses in care homes highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the responsibilities of nurses working in social care.

Get switched on to the full potential of video consultations: Using video technology to assess physical conditions may no longer be a second-best to in-person consultations, but rather a highly desirable option for many patients and carers

Video consultations became essential in the COVID-19 pandemic – and have now become the norm in many parts of the NHS.

How are out of hospital services for older people progressing?: COVID-19 has made the aspiration of caring for older people out of hospital and preventing hospital admission urgent, but the burden on community nurses is huge

Getting older people out of hospital more quickly – or trying to prevent them being admitted in the first place – has been an aspiration for healthcare over many years. But the COVID-19 pandemic has given this mission a new urgency, with policymakers, nurse leaders – and even patients – pushing for alternatives to hospital care.

Don’t suffer in silence if dependency is taking hold: Nurses experiencing substance misuse need support to find their path to recovery

Pressures created by COVID-19 may be contributing to an increase in problems with alcohol or drugs among nurses, say addiction experts.

Could nurses in advanced clinical practitioner roles be key to change in care homes?: What good care could look like as nurses are supported to take on advanced roles

The pandemic has shone a light on nursing in care homes. Sometimes called the ‘other front line’, nurses have had to deliver complex care to residents while endeavouring to protect them – often against the odds – from the impact of COVID-19.

How to spot the signs of child sexual exploitation and raise your concerns: The NSPCC has identified that the pandemic may have increased children’s vulnerability to abuse

There are indications that the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the vulnerability of children and young people to certain types of abuse, including child sexual exploitation (CSE), according to children’s charity the NSPCC.

Community nursing: tackling long-term effects of COVID-19 on older people living with frailty: As community nursing services look to life after the pandemic, the focus is changing to keeping older people living with frailty safe at home and encouraging them to self-care

Older people living with frailty and affected by COVID-19 have become a significant part of the caseload of community nursing teams since the pandemic began last year.

Nurses’ right to refuse to treat: when is it justified?

One of the defining issues of the COVID-19 pandemic is controversy over personal protective equipment (PPE) – whether in relation to shortages, difficulties with supply and fit, or confusion over what should be worn.

Out of reach but never alone easing the pain of visiting restrictions

Until just a few months ago, intensive care units (ICUs) were typically much less restrictive about visiting than other wards – it would have been unthinkable to deny relatives the chance to be at their loved ones’ bedside. Now, as we all know, the world is changed. Although some hospitals are doing their best to make visiting possible, particularly at the end of life – indeed, England’s health and social care secretary Matt Hancock said in April that this should be done ‘wherever possible’ – the situation on the ground is that, in many cases, it simply isn’t happening.

Ensuring compassionate communication while social distancing: Finding new ways to meet patients' needs when face-to-face nursing care is not an option

Communicating compassionately has always been a part of nursing – the difference in a time of COVID-19 is that so much of it has had to be done via the phone.

How to spot the signs of domestic abuse and support colleagues who may be affected: Nurses in all sectors will come into contact with people experiencing domestic violence and coercive control, but can also be at risk of abuse themselves

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