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Ninth UK dementia congress November 10-12, Brighton A mix of plenary sessions, parallel sessions, workshops, symposia, posters and networking opportunities. Website: www.careinfo.org/ukdc

Drug administration

November 12, Llandudno The topics covered in this RCN event include: incidence of drug errors, general principles of risk management and minimising the risk of drug errors. Email: [email protected]

Pressure ulcers An international panel has produced evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers that can be used by health professionals throughout the world. The Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide is intended for all health professionals involved in caring for people with pressure ulcers or who are at risk of developing pressure ulcers. Visit: tinyurl.com/kt4p3lk

Professor Finch has since worked in a number of non-executive director roles and is a member of the Medical Research Council and Science and Technology Honours Committee. The current council chair Mark Addison steps down at the end of December.

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Nursing awards Continence care

November 12-13, Brighton An event on the tools to deliver more effective bladder and bowel rehabilitation and management. Among the topics will be a presentation on a feasibility study on increased fluids and reduced urinary tract infections in care homes. Email: [email protected]

Inaugural ‘Sit & See’ conference

November 19, Reigate Speakers will explore compassion in care through the eyes of patients, families, residents, relatives, commissioners and the media. The nursing care observation Sit & See tool will be explored to see how it can be used in practice. Email: [email protected]

Improving outcomes in dementia care

November 25, London Next steps for commissioning, integrating and delivering effective dementia care, and progress and priorities for meeting the aims of the Dementia Challenge. With the Care Act having received royal assent and the Better Care Fund being implemented for 2015/16, sessions will focus on challenges for funding and working across budgets. Website: www.westminsterhealthforum. co.uk 12 November 2014 | Volume 26 | Number 9

Do you have a nursing colleague who embodies clinical excellence and innovation? If so, why not nominate him or her for the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards for 2015. Among the categories for awards are Bank Nurse Award and Innovations in Your Specialty Award. The awards are open to nurses, midwives, health visitors, healthcare assistants, assistant practitioners and nursing students. Nurses can nominate themselves, their team, a colleague or another team, and they can win up to £1,500 and the chance to be RCN Nurse of the Year 2015. The deadline for entries is January 16. www.nurseawards.co.uk

New chair at nursing regulator From January 1, the chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council will be Dame Janet Finch, who was vice-chancellor of Keele University between 1995 and 2010.

Smartphones could soon be used as ‘pocket doctors’ to detect Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers at Aston University. Max Little, a member of the university’s Nonlinearity and Complexity Research Group, is using the technology to collect data on the movements of 2,500 people, including Parkinson’s patients, those considered susceptible to the disease and healthy individuals. He wants to track how symptoms of the disease change in people on an hourly basis. Dr Little said: ‘Parkinson’s disease is hard to diagnose, with specialists having to take a detailed history of people’s symptoms and analysing them for physical signs of the disease. Using Smartphone data may help to make this process much easier.’

Award Nurses who are studying glaucoma and the management and care of patients with the condition could apply to win research grants of up to £25,000, the International Glaucoma Association has announced. The award is designed to facilitate research into supporting patients during their glaucoma care and will be granted based on the expected benefit to patients with the condition. The closing date is February 27. tinyurl.com/pe68xkh

Please email details of conferences, training courses, awards, publications and reports you think other older people’s nurses should know about to [email protected] NURSING OLDER PEOPLE

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