Elderly care: the fight goes on
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A long term care survey showed that there were major problems in nursing care for older people. The Elderly Care Counts campaign has focused on the Older Person's Health Care Bill of Rights. The case dossier shows that inappropriate assessment, simple breakdown in care and intransigent bureaucracy has led to the break down in the system of care for the elderly. However the Innovex competition publicising good practice, showed many examples of nurses making positive differences to the the lives of older people. Political pressure on behalf of nurses will be applied in the run-up to the general election, to bring about change to the current system.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Alginate dressings in wound care management
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It has been established that ingredients in some types of brown seaweed can produce extremely absorbent substances and may even play a valuable role in the healing of wounds. Indeed, alginate-based dressings have become increasingly popular in the UK since the second half of the 1980s. They can generally absorb between 15 and 20 times their own weight in exudate, and also release calcium ions, which encourage platelet activity when exchanged for sodium ions. Nurses have found that calcium alginate dressings are easier to handle than calcium sodium dressings.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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The Pioneer Health Centre (PHC), an experimental scheme established in Peckham, London, England, in the 1935, aimed to provide local people with the means to become and remain fit and healthy. Its facilities included a library, a lecture hall, a swimming pool, consulting rooms and a laboratory. It was designed to accommodate 2,000 families, each of which paid a small weekly subscription. Dr Innes Pearce, one of the two founders of the centre, was particularly interested in preconceptual health, and considerable emphasis was placed on nutrition.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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