Latest resources

  • Poem on ageing - See me?

    The origin of this poem is uncertain. General consensus is that when an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a hospital, it appeared she had left nothing of value but on packing up her possessions,...

  • Beth Johnson Foundation Website

    The Centre for Intergenerational Practice (CIP), based at the Beth Johnson Foundation , aims to support the development of intergenerational practice throughout the UK and to promote an understanding...

  • Dignity Illustrations

    These illustrations of dignity print as A4 sized posters and are from the Dignity in Care Regional Events in Birmingham January 2007 and Leeds March 2007. There are 25 images in each file.

  • DH website - Consultations

    Link to the DH website information on current and past consultations.

  • A Sure Start to Later Life: Ending Inequalities for Older People

    The experience of exclusion is not unique to older people - it affects people of all ages. However, exclusion can be particularly acute in later life for three reasons. it is all too rare that people...

  • NPSA - Protected Mealtimes

    The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has identified poor nutrition as patient safety issue. This resource includes tips from frontline staff on making Protected Mealtimes work, the aim to ensure...

  • RCN Improving continence care for patients

    This RCN document looks at the key roles of nurse specialist and consultant nurse, examining their potential influence on continence services - whether in a hospital or community setting - and the impact...

  • Essence of Care: Patient-focused benchmarks for clinical governance

    This guidance from the Department of Health relates to an initiative introduced in 2002. Aimed particularly at nurses, the Essence of Care initiative sought to deliver the core elements of good quality...

  • No Secrets: Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse

    This Department of Health report is recommended to all commissioners and providers of health and social care services including primary care groups, regulators of such care services and appropriate criminal...

  • CSCI Fact Sheet on Elder Abuse

    This fact sheet, created by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, provides a brief explanation of what is meant by abuse and offers advice on what to do if abuse is suspected. It includes useful...