Editorial EDITOR Lisa Berry Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3169 Email: [email protected] CONSULTANT EDITOR Nicky Hayes Nurse consultant for older people, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Clare Abley Nurse consultant, vulnerable older adults, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Professor June Andrews Director, Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling
Changing perceptions of older age
Professor Lynn Chenoweth Professor of aged and extended care nursing, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Working with older people or older carers is now an integral part of nearly all nursing care. The current and future workforce must develop the right skills to care for these people, and receive satisfaction from that care.
Dr Kay De Vries Senior lecturer, Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery Health, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ruthe Isden Health influencing programme director, Age UK, London Dr Jacqueline Jones Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Abigail Masterson Director, Abi Masterson Consulting, London Tracy Paine Operations director, Belong, Nantwich, Cheshire
Some of these skills and satisfaction derive from nurses’ attitudes, perceptions and expectations and the client group we care for. On page 33 Alice Coffey and colleagues present a review of the evidence underlying health and social care students’ attitudes towards ageing and perceptions of working with older people. They found that students’ attitudes were mixed, yet nurse education curricula failed to address stereotypes about ageing. This is a serious concern and a challenge to professional bodies, education providers and bedside nurses.
Deborah Sturdy Independent consultant Rachel Thompson Professional and practice development lead, Admiral Nursing, Dementia UK Acting assistant editor Jennifer Sprinks Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3186 Email: [email protected] Production editor Karen Davies Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3131 Email: [email protected] Administration manager Helen Hyland Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3138 Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch BUSINESS UNIT Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 NURSING OLDER PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW
Older people are not ‘sweeties’, ‘dearies’, ‘loves’ or ‘forgetful wrinklies’. To promote dignified, person-centred care, it is essential that age discrimination is tackled, and realistic, balanced attitudes towards older people are promoted. This is especially the case for nurses caring for people who may be confused,
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To promote dignified, person-centred care, it is essential that realistic, balanced attitudes towards older people are promoted
Nicky Hayes Consultant editor
or who present with behaviours that may be perceived as a ‘challenge’; our attitudes and beliefs inform the skills development we require to provide person-centred care for these most vulnerable people. Jennifer Robinson and colleagues (page 18) describe a training programme developed at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust to support all staff working with people with dementia and their families. They show how the programme identified and responded to the learning needs of staff and tailored their learning to the acute care environment in which they were working and their role in that setting. It significantly improved patient care and management. Furthermore, the training was linked to the RCN development programme for transforming dementia care in hospitals (Brooker et al 2014). Nicky Hayes is nurse consultant for older people, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Reference Brooker D, Milosevic S, Evans S et al (2014) RCN Development Programme: Transforming Dementia Care in Hospitals Evaluation Report. University of Worcester, Worcester.
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Changing perceptions of older age
Professor Lynn Chenoweth Professor of aged and extended care nursing, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Working with older people or older carers is now an integral part of nearly all nursing care. The current and future workforce must develop the right skills to care for these people, and receive satisfaction from that care.
Dr Kay De Vries Senior lecturer, Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery Health, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ruthe Isden Health influencing programme director, Age UK, London Dr Jacqueline Jones Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Abigail Masterson Director, Abi Masterson Consulting, London Tracy Paine Operations director, Belong, Nantwich, Cheshire
Some of these skills and satisfaction derive from nurses’ attitudes, perceptions and expectations and the client group we care for. On page 33 Alice Coffey and colleagues present a review of the evidence underlying health and social care students’ attitudes towards ageing and perceptions of working with older people. They found that students’ attitudes were mixed, yet nurse education curricula failed to address stereotypes about ageing. This is a serious concern and a challenge to professional bodies, education providers and bedside nurses.
Deborah Sturdy Independent consultant Rachel Thompson Professional and practice development lead, Admiral Nursing, Dementia UK Acting assistant editor Jennifer Sprinks Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3186 Email: [email protected] Production editor Karen Davies Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3131 Email: [email protected] Administration manager Helen Hyland Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3138 Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch BUSINESS UNIT Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 NURSING OLDER PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW
Older people are not ‘sweeties’, ‘dearies’, ‘loves’ or ‘forgetful wrinklies’. To promote dignified, person-centred care, it is essential that age discrimination is tackled, and realistic, balanced attitudes towards older people are promoted. This is especially the case for nurses caring for people who may be confused,
Nursing Older People is indexed on the following databases: British Nursing Index, Medline and Ovid ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 9,556 (Jan-Dec 2013) SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Royal College of Nursing Journal subscription department, Copse Walk, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff CF23 8XG. Tel: +44 (0)345 772 6100 Print edition rates Personal: from £73 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2015 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers. ISSN 1472-0795 (print). ISSN 2047-8941 (online) Printed by Stephens and George, Merthyr Tydfil, on acid-free paper Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute a recommendation or an endorsement of a product or service, either by the RCN or RCN Publishing
To promote dignified, person-centred care, it is essential that realistic, balanced attitudes towards older people are promoted
Nicky Hayes Consultant editor
or who present with behaviours that may be perceived as a ‘challenge’; our attitudes and beliefs inform the skills development we require to provide person-centred care for these most vulnerable people. Jennifer Robinson and colleagues (page 18) describe a training programme developed at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust to support all staff working with people with dementia and their families. They show how the programme identified and responded to the learning needs of staff and tailored their learning to the acute care environment in which they were working and their role in that setting. It significantly improved patient care and management. Furthermore, the training was linked to the RCN development programme for transforming dementia care in hospitals (Brooker et al 2014). Nicky Hayes is nurse consultant for older people, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Reference Brooker D, Milosevic S, Evans S et al (2014) RCN Development Programme: Transforming Dementia Care in Hospitals Evaluation Report. University of Worcester, Worcester.
WEBSITE nop.rcnpublishing.com AUTHOR GUIDELINES rcnpublishing.com/r/nop-author-guidelines OPEN ACCESS rcnpublishing.com/page/authors/ open-access-frequently-asked-questions
Our mission Nursing Older People aims to inform, support and educate nurses in the pursuit of excellence in patient care. Nursing Older People is editorially independent and the opinions expressed in it are not those of the RCN, nor of any contributor’s employing organisation, unless specifically stated.
Follow us: Read more at: @EditorCNPandNOP nursingblog.rcnpublishing.co.uk NURSING OLDER PEOPLE
Visit us at: Nursing Older People February 2015 | Volume 27 | Number 1
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