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RCN: Care home journey online resource

• This comprehensive resource supports nursing care in older peoples care homes. It follows a resident's journey from pre admission to end of life. The role of nursing staff in supporting the resident and their family is explored.
  

Â鶹ÊÓƵ (no date) Statutory compliance in care homes: a practical guide for managers.

• As a registered care home manager, you have a responsibility to manage health and safety in the workplace to prevent employees, agency staff, residents and others from injury and ill health. Premises and building management may form part of your responsibilities.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ (2023) Caring for older people: the essential role of the care home nurse. London: RCN. 

• English language version
• Welsh language executive summary

Â鶹ÊÓƵ (2022) Older people in care homes: sex, sexuality and intimate relationships. London: RCN.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ: Moving and handling (advice guide).

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Scotland (2019) Registered nurses in care homes: meeting clinical need. London: RCN.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2017) Moving between hospital and home, including care homes: a quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2015) Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs. NG27.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2014) Managing medicines in care homes. Social care guideline SC1.

Department of Health and University of Leeds (2016) Administration of medicines in care homes (with nursing) for older people by care assistants. Evidence-based guidance for care home providers. London: DH.

• Please check that guidance is applicable for your country.
  

Prieto J, Wilson J, Tingle A, Cooper E, Handley M, Malone J R, Bostock J and Loveday H (2025) Preventing urinary tract infection in older people living in care homes: the ‘StOP UTI’ realist synthesis, BMJ Quality and Safety, 34(3), pp. 178–189.

NIHR Evidence (2021) Care homes: How can we improve the quality of care?

NIHR (2020) Isolation and loneliness in people with sight loss in care homes. London: NIHR.

Queens Nursing Institute (2021) Standards of education and practice for nurses new to care home nursing. London: QNI. 

Queens Nursing Institute (2018) Transition to care home nursing. London, QNI.

The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing: Care home nurses.

Social Care Institute for Excellence (2019) Person-centred care for older people in care homes. London: SCIE.

Social Care Institute for Excellence and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2020) Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people: a quick guide for registered managers of care homes. London: NICE/SCIE. 

Bowman C, Mulley G, Boyd M and Stowe S (2015) The care home handbook. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

Baker C (2017) Visiting the memory café and other dementia care activities: evidence-based interventions for care homes. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Carmody S, Forster S and Hayes N (2017) Nursing older people: a guide to practice in care homes. London: Routledge.

Caspi E (2021) Understanding and preventing harmful interactions between residents with dementia. Chicago: Health Professions Press.

Cunningham S and Moore T (2021) Nursing skills in supporting mobility. London: Routledge.

Eliopoulos C (2018) Essentials for the long-term care nurse: a guide for nurses in nursing homes and assisted living settings. New York: Springer.

Eliopoulos C (2015) Fast facts for the long-term care nurse: what nursing home and assisted living nurses need to know in nutshell. New York: Springer.

Johnston T R (2020) Welcoming LGBT residents: a practical guide for senior living staff. Milton Keynes: Routledge.

Ross F, Harris R G, Fitzpatrick J, Abley C and Redfern S J (2024) Redfern's nursing older people. 5th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

Ruszala S (2015) Moving and handling in the community and residential care. Towcester: National Back Exchange.

Schussler S (2017) Dementia in nursing homes. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

Journals of interest for care homes. Use these links to see details of availability.