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Care of Older People

Use this guide to find information resources related to the care of older people including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

Publication cover Royal College of Nursing (2024) Eyes right: older people and driving. RCN: London.
Publication cover Royal College of Nursing (2023) Caring for older people: the essential role of the care home nurse. London: RCN.
Age UKInformation guides and factsheets 
  • Information aimed at the general public.
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James van Oppen (2022) What matters to older people with frailty in hospital? NIHR Evidence summary.

NHS England (2019) NHS RightCare frailty tool kit. Optimising a frailty system.
NHS England: Frailty resources
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
We would like to thank the RCN Older People's member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Barrett C and Hinchliff S (2017) Addressing the sexual rights of older people. London: Routledge.
Image of Textbook Female Urinary Incontinence Cameron A P (2022) Female urinary incontinence. Cham: Springer International.
Image of Textbook of Nursing Skills Cunningham S and Moore T (2021) Nursing skills in supporting mobility. London: Routledge.
Book cover Day M, McCarthy G and Fitzpatrick J (2018) Self-neglect in older adults: a global, evidence-based resource for nurses and other health care providers. New York, NY: Springer.
Image of Textbook titled Frailty in older adults with cancer Ellett A (2023) Getting dementia care right: what’s not working and how it can change. Health Professions.
Image of textbook titled getting dementia care right

Gomes F (2022) Frailty in older adults with cancer. Cham: Springer International.

Book cover Isik A T and Grossberg G T (2018) Delirium in elderly patients. Cham: Springer International.
Book cover Rahman S (2019) Living with frailty: from assets and deficits to resilience. Oxon: Routledge.
Image of Rahman's Essentials of Delirium textbook

Rahman S, Inouye S, MacLullich A, Davis D and Arora A (2020) Essentials of delirium: everything you really need to know for working in delirium care. London:  Jessica Kingsley.

Book cover Randell A (2014) Delirium: diagnosis, management and prevention. New York: Novinka.
Book cover Ross F, Harris R G, Fitzpatrick J, Abley C and Redfern S J (2024) Redfern's nursing older people. 5th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Book cover Rovensky, Jozef (2017) Gerontorheumatology. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Image of Tampi's Essential reviews in geriatric psychiatry book Tampi R R, Tampi D J, Young J J et al (2022) Essential reviews in geriatric psychiatry. Cham: Springer International.
Book cover Ebersole P, Touhy T A, Jett K F and Hess P (2020) Ebersole and Hess’ toward healthy aging: human needs and nursing response. 10th edn. St Louis: Elsevier Mosby.

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Journal articles

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Journals

International Journal of Older People Nursing Journals of interest for the care of older people. Use these links to see details of availability.

Events and Exhibitions

Cover image RCN exhibition: Aspects of age
  • Explore the shift from institutional to home care over two centuries of older people’s nursing, from the workhouses of the Victorian era to the hospital, care home and beyond. In an ageing population, we ask how nursing can improve the lives of those over 75.
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