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Shape of things to come
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Nurse Diane Singleton set up Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust’s Liveability service more than a decade ago to promote physical activity in older people through instructor-led exercise classes and gym sessions. In a study of the service, which examined the effects of a three-month, twice weekly exercise class on 42 people aged 60 and over, researchers found that their strength, fitness, co-ordination and balance improved and, crucially, they were motivated to continue exercising after the study ended (page 20).
BUSINESS UNIT Commercial director Tony O’Rourke PA to commercial director Angelina George Head of marketing Helen Sumner Deputy head of marketing Michelle Day Marketing executive Louise Wilkinson Group educational projects manager Laura Downes Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Advertisement and sponsorship sales manager Neil Hobson Senior sponsorship and advertising specialist Julia Gomersall Advertisement and sponsorship executives Rachel Fisher, Kelly Smith Advertisement production executive Sally Gauntlett Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 Classified advertisement manager Andy McCallum Sales project specialist Freddie Collier Classified advertisement executives Mandy Croggon, Shona Gethin CONSULTANT EDITOR Nicky Hayes Nurse consultant for older people, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Care Homes Support Team, Southwark Primary Care 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 Professor Lynn Chenoweth Professor of aged and extended care nursing, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dr Kay De Vries Senior lecturer, Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery Health, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ruthe Isden Programme manager for health and social care, Age UK, London Dr Jacqueline Jones Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Abigail Masterson Director, Abi Masterson Consulting, London Deborah Sturdy independent consultant Rachel Thompson Dementia project lead, RCN NURSING OLDER PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company, The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW All profits generated by RCN Publishing Limited are used to benefit nurses and nursing. Nursing Older People is indexed on the following databases: British Nursing Index, Medline and Ovid
But just as significant was the reduction in social isolation and improvement in quality of life experienced by study participants. Ms Singleton’s inspirational approach was acknowledged when she won the Claire Rayner Patient’s Choice award in 2012. This research is so important because it is an excellent example of the
Just as important as the benefits of physical exercise was the reduction in social isolation and improvement in quality of life
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benefits of nurse-led services that take prevention as their starting point. With an ageing population and continuing squeeze on health and social care budgets, this preventive approach seems crucial for shaping services for older people in the future. Jacqueline Jones’s moving case study on page 16 explores the use of Skype in palliative care. This free web-based software enables people to call and see others, wherever they are in the world. For the family concerned, it proved a straightforward and costeffective way for them to stay in touch with their loved ones and healthcare professionals, despite geographical distance. The author notes that with the move to individualised and tailored end of life care plans as the Liverpool Care Pathway is phased out, communication technologies like Skype offer significant opportunities to keep families close.
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Shape of things to come
ADMINISTRATION Administration manager Helen Hyland Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch
Nurse Diane Singleton set up Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust’s Liveability service more than a decade ago to promote physical activity in older people through instructor-led exercise classes and gym sessions. In a study of the service, which examined the effects of a three-month, twice weekly exercise class on 42 people aged 60 and over, researchers found that their strength, fitness, co-ordination and balance improved and, crucially, they were motivated to continue exercising after the study ended (page 20).
BUSINESS UNIT Commercial director Tony O’Rourke PA to commercial director Angelina George Head of marketing Helen Sumner Deputy head of marketing Michelle Day Marketing executive Louise Wilkinson Group educational projects manager Laura Downes Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Advertisement and sponsorship sales manager Neil Hobson Senior sponsorship and advertising specialist Julia Gomersall Advertisement and sponsorship executives Rachel Fisher, Kelly Smith Advertisement production executive Sally Gauntlett Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 Classified advertisement manager Andy McCallum Sales project specialist Freddie Collier Classified advertisement executives Mandy Croggon, Shona Gethin CONSULTANT EDITOR Nicky Hayes Nurse consultant for older people, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Care Homes Support Team, Southwark Primary Care 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 Professor Lynn Chenoweth Professor of aged and extended care nursing, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dr Kay De Vries Senior lecturer, Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery Health, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ruthe Isden Programme manager for health and social care, Age UK, London Dr Jacqueline Jones Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Abigail Masterson Director, Abi Masterson Consulting, London Deborah Sturdy independent consultant Rachel Thompson Dementia project lead, RCN NURSING OLDER PEOPLE RCN Publishing Company, The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW All profits generated by RCN Publishing Limited are used to benefit nurses and nursing. Nursing Older People is indexed on the following databases: British Nursing Index, Medline and Ovid
But just as significant was the reduction in social isolation and improvement in quality of life experienced by study participants. Ms Singleton’s inspirational approach was acknowledged when she won the Claire Rayner Patient’s Choice award in 2012. This research is so important because it is an excellent example of the
Just as important as the benefits of physical exercise was the reduction in social isolation and improvement in quality of life
ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 9,451 (Jan-Dec 2012)
Lisa Berry Editor
benefits of nurse-led services that take prevention as their starting point. With an ageing population and continuing squeeze on health and social care budgets, this preventive approach seems crucial for shaping services for older people in the future. Jacqueline Jones’s moving case study on page 16 explores the use of Skype in palliative care. This free web-based software enables people to call and see others, wherever they are in the world. For the family concerned, it proved a straightforward and costeffective way for them to stay in touch with their loved ones and healthcare professionals, despite geographical distance. The author notes that with the move to individualised and tailored end of life care plans as the Liverpool Care Pathway is phased out, communication technologies like Skype offer significant opportunities to keep families close.
SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Royal College of Nursing journal subscription department, Copse Walk, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff CF23 8XG. Tel: +44 (0)345 772 6100 Personal rates for print edition: from £66 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional print edition rates: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2014 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 Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute a recommendation or an endorsement of a product or service, either by the RCN or RCN Publishing nop.rcnpublishing.com
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: @NSComment NURSING OLDER PEOPLE
Read more at: nursingblog.rcnpublishing.co.uk
Visit us at: Nursing Older People February 2014 | Volume 26 | Number 1
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