Dr Ian Donald, Brian Cope & Sally Roberts describe a population of older people in care and focus on the care being delivered to them by district nurses.
Dr Ian P. Donald, MA, MD, FRCP is Consultant Physician in Elderly Care Medicine at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Brian Cope, RGN, NDN, CPT is Deputy Director of Nursing, Severn NHS Trust. Sally Roberts is Chief Executive, Blanchworth Care. Article accepted for publication March 2002.