Evaluating a brief intervention for mealtime difficulty on older adults with dementia.

Aims And Objective: To test a spaced retrieval intervention using spaced retrieval to alleviate mealtime difficulties in older people with dementia.

Design: A single-case study design.

Setting: Nursing Homes in North Central England, United Kingdom.

An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi.

Background: Teenage pregnancies and childbearing are important health concerns in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) including Malawi. Addressing these challenges requires, among other things, an understanding of the socioeconomic determinants of and contributors to the inequalities relating to these outcomes. This study investigated the trends of the inequalities and decomposed the underlying key socioeconomic factors which accounted for the inequalities in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi.

A systematic literature review on nurses' and health care support workers' experiences of caring for people with dementia on orthopaedic wards.

Aims And Objectives: To review literature on nurses' and health care workers' experiences of caring for people with dementia on orthopaedic wards.

Background: Dementia is a condition that affects a large number of the older population worldwide. It is estimated that there are 47·5 million people worldwide living with dementia with 4·6 million new cases being diagnosed annually.

Communicating with older ethnic minority patients.

In a time of increasing cultural diversity, it is essential that healthcare professionals respond by providing culturally competent care. Healthcare professionals must recognise the diverse needs of people from ethnic minority communities to ensure that they receive equal standards of care. This is particularly pertinent when providing care for older ethnic minority patients who may not be fluent in English.

Experiences of African nurses and the perception of their managers in the NHS.

Aim: This study aims to explore experiences of racism, discrimination and equality of opportunity among black African nurses and their managers' perspective on these issues.

Background: International nurse migration has brought increased diversity in the nursing workforce internationally. These nurses have reported negative experiences associated with their integration in host nations.

The skills and brain drain what nurses say.

Aims And Objectives: To explore sub-Saharan African nurses' reasons for moving to the UK, their views on the skills and brain drain, and what can be done to stem the situation.

Background: The UK and other developed nations such as the USA, Canada and Australia have been recruiting internationally qualified nurses including those from sub-Saharan African, which has raised concerns of skills and brain drain from these countries that are known to suffer from nurse shortages.

Methods: A purposeful sample of 30 nurses from sub-Saharan African was drawn from four National Health Service trusts in the north-east of England.

Experiences of African nurses in the UK National Health Service: a literature review.

Aim: This review aims to highlight the experiences of black African nurses in the United Kingdom.

Background: There is an acute shortage of trained nurses in the United Kingdom, which has occurred because of several factors including ageing of the nurse population and increasing demand due to an ageing population as well as under investment in nurse education during the 1980s. Government initiatives have included recruiting nurses trained overseas to meet present and future demands.