Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 9 Issue 2

Editorial

Ron Iphofen

A patient's experience of an NHS hospital: complaint and outcomes

G Wenger

As a retired academic, I have written many academic papers over the years. This is not an academic paper; it is a personal account of my experiences in autumn 2007 of six days in…

Multiple perspectives: involving users and carers in educating health and social care professionals

Susan Benbow, Louise Taylor, Kathleen Morgan

The authors describe how a user and carers were involved in teaching as part of the MSc in Applied Studies in Ageing and Mental Health at Staffordshire University, the impact that…

An evaluation of the needs and service usage of family carers of people with dementia

Traci Cascioli, Hasan Al‐Madfai, Paul Oborne, Sue Phelps

This study investigated, by way of interview (n=45), the needs of those caring for a person with dementia and their satisfaction with current services in the Caerphilly County…

Care planning systems in care homes for older people

Angela Worden, David Challis

Care planning is important in the provision of good‐quality care and serves a variety of functions, including acting as a communication tool. An accessible format for care plans…

Moral distress: an emerging problem for nurses in long‐term care?

Em Pijl‐Zieber, Brad Hagen, Chris Armstrong‐Esther, Barry Hall, Lindsay Akins, Michael Stingl

Nurses and other professional caregivers are increasingly recognising the issue of moral distress and the deleterious effect it may have on professional work life, staff…