Care of Older People
Use this guide to find information resources related to the care of older people including books, reports and journal articles.
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2024) Eyes right: older people and driving. RCN: London.
James van Oppen (2022) What matters to older people with frailty in hospital? NIHR Evidence summary.
Books
Barrett C and Hinchliff S (2017) Addressing the sexual rights of older people. London: Routledge.
Cameron A P (2022) Female urinary incontinence. Cham: Springer International.
Cunningham S and Moore T (2021) Nursing skills in supporting mobility. London: Routledge.
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.
Ellett A (2023) Getting dementia care right: what’s not working and how it can change. Health Professions.
Gomes F (2022) Frailty in older adults with cancer. Cham: Springer International.
Isik A T and Grossberg G T (2018) Delirium in elderly patients. Cham: Springer International.
Rahman S (2019) Living with frailty: from assets and deficits to resilience. Oxon: Routledge.
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.
Randell A (2014) Delirium: diagnosis, management and prevention. New York: Novinka.
Ross F, Harris R G, Fitzpatrick J, Abley C and Redfern S J (2024) Redfern's nursing older people. 5th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Rovensky, Jozef (2017) Gerontorheumatology. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Tampi R R, Tampi D J, Young J J et al. (2022) Essential reviews in geriatric psychiatry. Cham: Springer International.
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
Journals
Journals of interest for the care of older people. Use these links to see details of availability.
Events and Exhibitions
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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29 Sep 2025
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Advance Care Planning, Future Care Planning
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is essential to living well, yet too often it’s left until it’s too late. This session brings together leading voices in palliative care to explore how we can shift from reactive to proactive care by embedding future care planning into everyday practice.
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30 Sep 2025
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RCN Wales Roundtable for the Independent Sector - Strengthening Palliative Care across Independent Health and Social Care
Join RCN Wales at Hallmark Greenhill Manor, South East Wales, for an in-person roundtable discussion event, exploring the role of the independent sector in delivering high-quality, person-centred end-of-life care, and the importance of collaboration between nurses, support workers, families, and wider health teams. This event is open to both RCN members and non-members who work in Wales in the Independent Health and Social Care sector.
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