GPs & Carers – Supporting carers: an action guide for general practitioners and their teams

Supporting carers: an action guide for general practitioners and their teams , 2011, Royal College of General Practitioners Abstract: This guide offers advice on identifying carers, understanding their needs and involving them in the planning of care, along with real-life case studies and practical tools to help practice teams in their work. Lancashire Care staff can [...]

This article explores what analysis of narratives has to offer the care of older people and a way of nursing that works more closely with patients’ experience of illness, treatment and support

Making better use of older people’s narratives, Nursing Older People , 2011 Jul; 23(6): 31-8 Bob Price Director of postgraduate qualifications in advancing healthcare practice, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK Abstract: For some nurses, conversations with an older patient are simply the backdrop to caregiving; they represent social pleasantries that [...]