title: How clinical governance can enhance care for older people.
abstract: This article suggest that nurses can use clinical governance continually to update and improve the quality of care offered to older people. Although nurses have made great efforts to improve care over the past 25 years and have succeeded in creating isolated areas of excellence, many older people continue to experience suboptimal care. Health care providers now recognise that older people require teams with specialist knowledge to ensure that they are provided with the best possible treatment.
authors.affiliation: Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust, South Bank University.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nazarko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration