title: The older person with renal failure.
abstract: The number of older people with end-stage renal failure is increasing. Mark Bevan describes the implications this will have for renal nurses, and others working with elderly people in renal failure.
authors.affiliation: School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bevan
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing