Older people: professional resources

• Caring for older people: The essential role of the care home nurse. This report argues for a set of actions to raise the profile of care home nursing and make sure residents continue to receive the safe and effective care they need and deserve. (Welsh executive summary). 
• Commitment to Care of People living with Dementia. This guidance sets out the five principles that form a shared commitment to improving care for people living with dementia and their families
  
• A positive choice - Everyday stories of nursing excellence in older people’s care (PDF). Published by RCN Scotland, this report comprises of eight stories celebrating the compassion and expertise of nurses and health care support workers (HCSWs) who care for older people in Scotland
• Care of older people subject guide. 
• Older people in care homes: Sex, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Guidance for nurses and care staff work effectively with issues of sexuality, intimate relationships, sexual expression and sex, particularly people living in care homes.
• Social prescribing. Social prescribing refers to a wide range of alternative methods to promoting health and well-being including mental health in today’s modern health care settings
  

Useful resources

• Age and Ageing (2018). The assessment of pain in older people: UK national guidelines
• Age UK. Website for nursing staff working with older people
• Ambition for Ageing (2020). Ageing in Place for Minority Ethnic communities: The importance of social infrastructure (PDF)
• Cochrane Library. Hygiene and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings. This review looks at the effects of washing and moisturising practices on the skin health of older people in hospital and residential care settings
• Department of Health. Older people. Section of the Department of Health website that brings together policy and guidance for older people
• NHS England. A practice primer on mental health in older people
• NICE. Older people. Webpage from NICE that signposts the latest clinical guidelines, quality standards, pathways and advice for the care of older people
• NICE. Social care for older people with multiple long term conditions quality standard (QS132)
• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (2021). Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks. Multidisciplinary guidance on eating and drinking with acknowledged risks.
• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Older people. Section of the SCIE website that brings together all of the resources produced by SCIE which are relevant to care of older people. Resources include relevant videos from Social Care TV
• SIGN (2020). Management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures. This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the management of osteoporosis and prevention of fractures.