title: Directions.
abstract: The provision of nursing care for the elderly is one area of the profession that carries a high level of personal initiation and ultimately a greater degree of job satisfaction for the nurses involved. Only they are able immediately and knowledgably to dispel the unfounded myths of the inexperienced eg, if you were to ask a nurse who has worked with elderly people for any length of time whether 'they' are 'more difficult' patients, the answer 'No more difficult than any other patient' comes back without hesitation.