Specialist nurses for older people

Hayes, Nicky
Nazarko, Linda
Grout, Dr Gwyn

Nicky Hayes, consultant nurse for older people, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Care Homes Support Team
Linda Nazarko, independent consultant nurse
Dr Gwyn Grout, consultant nurse, mental health liaison (Older People), Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust

Nursing Older People 20(1):p 23, February 2008.

An article in the Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN) (2007, 58, 4, 368-76), proposed that specialist nursing services are shaped by national policy drivers which may not be directly linked to the needs of older people. Our experts discuss whether they consider the development of such services to be headed in the right direction.