Nursing in Care Homes

Linda Nazarko, MSc, BSc (Hons) RN, FRCN has more than 18 years experience in nursing homes. She was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing (FRCN), the Royal College of Nursing's highest honour, for her exceptional contribution to the advancement of the art and science of nursing older people. She is currently Director of Nursing at Nightingale, Europe's largest nursing home, which is home to 300 people, and Visiting Senior Lecturer at South Bank University. She continues to hold office at national level and lectures and writes both nationally and internationally.

The legal framework; Assessing and funding care; Confusion; Medication management; Infection control; Wound care; Continence; Management of incontinence; Risk Management; Preventing pressure sores; Nutrition; Stroke; Accessing services; Palliative Care; Diabetes; Respite care; Rehabilitation; Maximising abilities; The way forward ; Index